Today’s agenda:
1. Begin sentence combining exercises
2. Shapes of sentences: coordination and subordination.
We’ll go over Test#5 on Monday.
There are three sentence types in English:
*Simple
SV
SSV
SVV
Imperative!
Interrogative?
*Compound
SV + SV.
, SOBA , so , or , but , and
; semicolon
; TRANS,
*Complex
adverb clause
noun clauses
adjective clauses
*Compound complex – mix of compound and complex together
It was cold, so we stayed home because we don’t like the cold.
I wanted to buy an expensive ring, but I settled on one that was on sale.
A good writer strives to have a mix of sentence styles.
We have all of these sentence styles that we can use, so we should use them.
Sentence combining- very effective practice for improving sentence writing, the best way!
Studying grammar is not an effective way to learn a language.
Sentence combining – taking two or more short sentences, finding the key vocabulary in each sentence, combining the vocab together into a single sentence- dense but concise sentence
dense – lots of information
concise – as short as possible
Ex.1
It is raining today.
It is cold today.
We will go to the beach.
We will watch the sunset.
The sunset is beautiful.
It is raining today. KERNEL – centre of our final sentence, everything will be based around this sentence
FIND NEW INFORMATION IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES
It is cold today.
e.g. It is raining today, and it is cold today. POOR STYLE, REP
We will go to the beach.
We will watch the sunset.
The sunset is beautiful.
It is raining today
cold
We will go to the beach.
watch the sunset.
beautiful.
DECIDE WHAT TYPE OF SENTENCE YOU WANT TO WRITE- simple, compound, complex
gut decision, instinct
My thought process, unspoken, automatic with practice
COMPOUND
Version 1 It is raining and cold today, but we will go to the beach to watch the beautiful sunset.
Version 2 It is rainy and cold today, but we will still go to the beach to watch the beautiful sunset.
Writing is a deliberate process. You have to think about your options and make decisions. You are in control of your sentences.
Exercises to try:
1. Boris tried counting sheep. He was too tired.
What kind of sentence do we want?
COMPOUND
Boris tried counting sheep, but he was too tired.
Boris tried counting sheep; however, he was too tired.
COMPLEX
Even though Boris tried counting sheep, he was too tired.
Although Boris tried, he was too tired to count sheep.
Although he tried, Boris was too tired even to count sheep.
SIMPLE
Boris tried counting sheep but was too tired. SVV
Those varieties give us a lot of choice.
2. HARDER VOCABULARY Fluorite is a mineral sometimes found in granite. Fluorine is a poisonous gaseous chemical like chlorine.
3. I could eat a thick steak. I could enjoy a large chocolate sundae.
4. Sean is very tall. He is very big-boned.
5. Dianne had a pounding headache. She couldn't go to school.
6. John is extremely well-to-do. He never flaunts his wealth.
7. The rat was enormous. It was more than 30 cm long.
8. The baseball player could barely see the ball in the setting sun. She was able to catch it.
9. Mary is always sewing clothes for her friends and relatives. She has no time to sew for herself.
10. Laura will go with you. Irene will accompany you.
Try a few of these in chat.
1. Boris was too tired to count sheep. MISSING ‘tried’
2. Laura will go with you, and Irene will accompany you. REP
3. I could eat a thick steak, but and I could enjoy a large chocolate sundae.
4. Sean is very tall, and he is very big-boned.
5. Sean is very tall, but and he is very big-boned.
6. laura will go with you, also Irene will accompany you.
Laura will go with you; also, Irene will accompany you.
7. The baseball player could barely see the ball in the setting sun; however, she was able to catch it.
8. Dianne had a headache，therefore she couldn‘nt go to school.
Dianne had a headache; therefore, she couldn‘t go to school.
9. Laura will go with you; also, Irene will do.
10. As Laura will go with you, Irene will accompany you as well. AWK as
11. Laura and Irene will accompany you. SIMPLE
12. Dianne had a pounding headache; however therefore, she couldn’t go to school.
13. Mary is always sewing cloths for her friends; however she has no time to sew for herself.
Mary is always sewing clothes for her friends; however, she has no time to sew for herself.
14. The rat was enormous; in addition in fact, it was more than 30 cm long.
Exercises for homework:
THE CONCERT
Combine each group of sentences into one longer sentence.
1. We talked for a long time.
We were talking on the telephone.
Our telephones were cellular.
Our telephones were new.
2. We talked about our plans.
The plans were exciting.
The plans were for a concert.
The concert was at GM Place.
3. GM Place was noisy.
GM Place was crowded.
People were finding their seats.
People were yelling.
4. We looked for our seats.
Our seats were all in one section.
The section was on the floor.
We stayed together in a group.
5. The concert ended at 11.
We were hungry.
We left GM Place.
We went to our favourite restaurant.
6. We arrived home.
It was late.
We were tired.
We were happy.
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