E10/Ef7 Sentence types

Will be on the blog at the end of class.

SENTENCES- academic class, not basic ESL
higher level
college, university, professional, carpenter

IMPORTANT- strong writing skills

customer, teacher, face to face , written

BASIC SENTENCE STYLES

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX


*****SIMPLE SENTENCES- most basic, powerful
declarative statement- shorter is better

subject verb
He ran.
She yelled.
Dogs bark.
Sheep bleat.
Cows moo.
Cats meow.

S V
SS V
The boy and the girl rode their bicycles.

S VV
The little boy ran and played in the park.

The little girl rode her bicycle, the little boy ran beside her. RUN-ON SENTENCE

The little girl rode her bicycle. The little boy ran beside her.

EAT YOUR SUPPER ONE BITE AT A TIME. WRITE YOUR SENTENCES ONE SENTENCE AT A TIME.


******COMPOUND SENTENCES

SV SV 2 simples put together

She likes to ski. He likes to snowboard.

She likes to ski. He likes to snowboard.

JOIN SIMPLE SENTENCES- fanboys

7 coordinating conjunctions
for
and
nor
but
or
yet
so

coordinate- organize, bring together, like glue

FANBOYS- GREAT!! BIG LIE!!

for
I am wearing a sweater, for it is cold.

and
It is hot, and it is smoky today.

nor
She doesn't speak French, nor does she speak German. VERY FORMAL, NOT COMMON
She doesn't speak French or German.

but
She loves her apartment, but she has to move.

or
He can go to the party, or he can stay home. COMPOUND SV, or SV.

He can go to the party or stay home. SIMPLE

yet
It is cold, yet it is sunny. STIFF, FORMAL
It is cold, but it is sunny.

so
He is tired, so he's going to have a nap.


FANBOYS
ABOS
OBAS
SBOA
SOBA !! so or but and HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS- USED MOST OFTEN- NATURAL SOUNDING- AUTHENTIC ENGLISH- REAL ENGLISH

yet nor for NYF LOW FREQUENCY WORDS- NOT USED OFTEN- UNUSUAL SOUNDING

Your choice. Grammatically, they are all ok.

PRACTICE SENTENCES- SIMPLE AND COMPOUND

pounce
The cat pounced on the mouse. SIMPLE
The cat pounced on the mouse, but the mouse got away. COMPOUND

We want to go online, but the wifi is slow.
The apple are fresh, so they are delicious.

COMPOUND
,and ,but ,so ,or


COMPOUND SENTENCES
; semicolon

She likes cats, but he likes dogs.

She likes cats; he likes dogs.

, but = ;

; TRANSITIONAL WORDS AND PHRASES

She likes cats, but he likes dogs.

She likes cats; however, he likes dogs.

She likes cats; nevertheless, he likes dogs.
She likes cats; on the other hand, he likes dogs.

She likes cats; conversely, he likes dogs.

as an illustration- illustration "example" "drawing"

Many of our students take two classes; as an illustration, Mark takes Chem 12 and Math 11.

Many of our students take two classes; for example, Mark takes Chem 12 and Math 11.

TRANSITION TERMS ARE ON BLOG- SHARED FILES

many of these , you will know already "however" "therefore" "on the other hand" "nevertheless" "thus"

PICK SOME NEW ONES AND USE THEM!!!!!