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Today’s agenda:
1. Introduction to sentence types, overview of sentence types
2. Test #1
3. HW
Today place in Canada: Adam’s Lake, Saskatchewan
Sentence types: very important, very useful
Quick overview of sentence types
1.SIMPLE
2.COMPOUND
3.COMPLEX
99% of the time, these three sentence types will allow to write anything you want.
1.SIMPLE
subject and a verb
Subject+Verb
SV “It is raining.”
SV “Today is cold.”
“The dog likes apples.”
SSV “You and I are talking on the phone.”
SVV “The dog is sleeping and snoring.”
2.COMPOUND
SV SV – two simple sentences in a row, connected together
coordinating conjunctions FANBOYS for and nor but or yet so
most useful, high-frequency usage: so or but and
not used very often, low-frequency usage: for nor yet
“It is raining, so we can’t play soccer.”
“You can come to school, or you can go to work.”
“I like chocolate, but I don’t eat it everyday.”
“Joan likes hiking, and she likes skiing.”
; semicolon
“It is raining; we can’t play soccer.”
“You can come to school; you can go to work.”
“I like chocolate; I don’t eat it everyday.”
“Joan likes hiking; she likes skiing.”
This way, with transitional terms, sounds better.
“It is raining; therefore, we can’t play soccer.”
“You can come to school; alternatively, you can go to work.”
“I like chocolate; however, I don’t eat it everyday.”
“Joan likes hiking; also, she likes skiing.”
3.COMPLEX
-adverb clauses
“Sarah doesn’t want to talk to Maria because they had an argument.”
“If it rains, we won’t go to the beach.”
-noun clauses
“Mohammed thinks that he should call his brother.”
“The little girl believes that there is a monster in her closet.”
-adjective clauses
“Fatima’s neighbour, who is 86 years old, still lives on her own.”
“Marta has some nice boots that she got from a fancy store in Tokyo.”
- commas around adjective clauses – complicated
I will teach it next week.
Overview – Over the next few weeks, I will teach these sentences styles to you in great detail. If you learn these styles, you will be able to do anything in English that you want: school, job, life, writing.
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
If you are willing to come with me on this journey through English sentences, you will learn a lot.
Test #1
Write a well-organized unified paragraph on the following topic.
Submit as an attachment by 12:20pm
150-200 words
Doublespace
14-16 point font
Indent
Writing prompt: What things are you most looking forward to for when Covid19 is over?
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