Comm 11/12 Simple sentence quiz examples

Value 3 points

learning to write new styles of sentences-

starting with simple

1.    any simple sentence    “walking”

I like walking in the park after supper. gerund

Walking a kilometre a day will keep you in shape. gerund

She is walking to catch the bus. verb

2.    compound subject and simple predicate         “tomorrow”

3.    imperative with simple predicate           “window”

Close the window.

Don’t break the window.

Stand beside the window.

Jump out of the window.

4.    compound subject and compound predicate           “downtown”

Joan and Maria go downtown to the same store and buy the same pair of boots.

Joan and Maria go the same store downtown and buy the same pair of boots.

Joan and Maria go the same store and buy the same pair of boots downtown.

I go downtown.

I go to Burnaby.

to Metrotown

to Japan

to school

to downtown. If just ‘downtown’

I drive downtown.

I drive to downtown Burnaby.

to home. If just ‘home’

She goes home.

She goes to Dave’s home.

Let’s meet in downtown at 6 o’clock at the library.

5.    simple subject in interrogative sentence         “anxiety”

anxiety (noun)

Are you anxiety anxious before a test?

Do you have / feel anxiety before a test?

6.    compound subject and simple predicate         “skiing”

Marie and her brother are like skiing. XXX like

Both skiing and snowboarding use lots of energy.

Both skiing and snowboarding use a lot of energy.

7.    “here” with simple predicate         “salmon”

8.    simple subject and predicate         “computer”

9.    simple subject and predicate         “Freedom”

10.                       compound subject and compound predicate “college”