P1 EF71011 Class 15

 

College Prep course- 1pm Room 303 today

 

Today’s  Agenda

·         Attendance

·         Continue “Complex Sentences”

·      Continue “I Confess”

Finish “Thought Questions”

Prepare for Test 3 on “I Confess” Wednesday, with quotations

·      HW   Read “Dead Man’s Path”. Make notes on “Thought

Questions”. We will start this on Thursday.

 

Wednesday

·      Test 3- “I Confess”

paragraph

·      Begin “Parallelism”

 

Thursday

·      Begin “Dead Man’s Path”

 

Friday

 

 

 

Complex Sentences

 

REVIEW of sentence types in English:

 

*SIMPLE  S+V   SSV   SVV   Imperative    Interrogative

SV      The little kid goes to school every day.

SSV    The phone and the laptop are updating.

SVV   Mei was driving and singing along to the radio.

Imperative- command          (You) Come in. Sit down. -implied subject

                                                   Have a seat, please.

Please open the window.

SV      You can come in.

 

Interrogative- question         What time is it? How old are you? Is that your dog?

 

*COMPOUND 2 simples put together   , SOBA/FANBOYS   ;   ; TRANS.

It is sunny. It is cold.

It is sunny, but it is cold.

It is sunny; it is cold.

It is sunny; however, it is cold.

 

 

semicolon ;   makes a compound sentence

colon :  gives additional information

He has three kids: two girls and a boy.

Jun has lived in four countries: China, Japan, Canada, and Iran.

Jun has lived in many countries: China, Japan, Canada, Iran, etc.

I am taking two courses this quarter: Comm11 and Math10.

 

Jun has lived in many countries; for example, he has lived in China, Japan, Canada, Iran. COMPOUND

 

 

COMPLEX

 

Complex sentences are made of an independent clause (same as a simple sentence) and one or two dependent clauses.

Dependent clauses can be adverb clauses, adjective clauses, or noun clauses. You probably have studied these in earlier courses.

 

 

Examples of complex sentences with adverb clauses:

·      I will call you when I arrive home.

·      When I arrive home, I will call you.

 

·      She smiled because she was proud of her work.

·      Although it was raining, they continued playing soccer.

·      We can go outside if the weather improves.

·      He studied very hard so that he could pass the exam.

 

,so   so that   NOT THE SAME

COMPOUND SENT

He studies very hard, so he passed the exam.   , so – result

 

COMPLEX SENT-ADV CL

He studies very hard so that he could pass the exam. so that -reason

 

He studies so hard that he passed the test.

 

so that   so … that   NOT THE SAME

 

 

 

 

AREA TO EXPLORE

, so   so that   so…that

, so   She cleaned the floor very well, so it is shining. COMPOUND

so that   She works very hard so that she can earn money. COMPLEX

so that   She works very hard so that she will get a promotion. COMPLEX

so that   She worked very hard so that she could support her family. COMPLEX

 

so…that   so ADJ that

so cute tnat   The dogs were so cute that everyone wanted to hold them. ADV CL

Houses in Vancouver are so expensive that I can’t afford to buy one.

 

SAME MEANING

such NOUN that

It is such a beautiful day that I want to take the kids to the park.

so ADJ that

It is so beautiful today that I want to take the kids to the park.

 

Your daughter is so tall that it is hard to buy clothes for her.

Your daughter is such a tall kid that it is hard to buy clothes for her.

 

CASUAL TALKING

It is so nice today.

The dog is so cute.

Houses are so expensive.

 

SCHOOL WRITING/BUSINESS WRITING

It is so nice today that…SV.

The dog is so cute that…SV.

Houses are so expensive that…SV.

 

IDIOM It is better to give than to receive.

 

Examples of complex sentences with adjective clauses:

·      The book that I borrowed from the library is very interesting.

·      She has a friend who lives in Toronto.

·      The car which was parked outside belongs to my neighbor.

·      I met a teacher who inspired me to work harder.

·      The movie that we watched last night was exciting.

who -people

that- animals, things

which- special things, unique things

Beijing, which is the capital of China, is a huge metropolis.

She was born in Seoul, which is a beautiful city in Korea.

 

*commas around adjective clauses

Talk about that another day.

 

Seoul, which is the city where she was born, is beautiful. 2 adj cl

where SV-action

She takes the Skytrain to the office building where she works.

She takes the Skytrain to the office building that she works in.

 

SHEC is the school where I do my English.

SHEC- South Hill Education Centre

 

 

Examples of complex sentences with noun clauses:

thinking and talking

·      What she said surprised everyone. SV- complex sentence, noun clause

She surprised everyone. SV simple sentence

·      I don’t know where he went.

·      That she won the prize made her family proud.

·      Can you tell me why the meeting was canceled?

·      Whoever finishes first will receive a reward.

 

SIMPLE SENTENCE

COMPOUND SENTENCE

COMPLEX SENTENCE- adv cl, adj cl, n cl

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise 1- Easier sentences.

Each sentence is missing a word in an dependent clause. Rewrite each sentence by adding an appropriate word. Write the corrected sentences on your own paper.

1.    I know that/why she is tired. COMPLEX- n cl (noun clause)

2.    The boy who is playing outside is my brother. COMPLEX – adj cl

3.    We stayed home while/when/because/since it was raining. COMPLEX- adv cl

4.    She said that she would help me. COMPLEX – noun cl

5.    The dog that barked loudly ran away. COMPLEX- adj cl

6.    I will call you when/after/once I arrive. once=when

7.    He doesn’t understand why she is upset. n cl

8.    The cool car that/which he bought is very fast. adj cl

9.    She cried because/since/when she was sad. adv cl

while – two actions are happening at the same time

She cried while she was watching the romantic movie.

Jun is watching TV while her sister is cooking.

 

10.                       What he said was surprising. n cl

 

When he said that, it was surprising. adv cl

Why he said that was surprising. n cl

 

Why did he say that? SIMPLE- interrogative

 

Exercise B- More challenging.

Each sentence is missing a word in an dependent clause. Rewrite each sentence by adding an appropriate word. Write the corrected sentences on your own paper.

1.    I don’t know why she left the party early because she seemed happy.

I don’t know why she left the party early, but she seemed happy.

 

2.    The book that/which you gave me is the one that I was looking for.

3.    She will call you when she arrives if she has enough time.

 

4.    I believe that hard work always pays off in the end. (noun clause)

5.    The student who won the scholarship studied harder than anyone else in the class.

harder than   taller than    smaller than    more expensive than

more beautiful than

cheaper than   darker than

She is very good at talking extemporaneously.

She is very good at talking off the top of her head.

IDIOM off the top of my head- without planning

Off the top of my head, I would guess there are 50 provinces in the Philippines.

 

PROVERB- usually ancient wise saying

 

6.    We stayed inside because/while/when/as/since it was raining heavily.

7.    I am not sure if/that/whether or not he will join us for dinner tonight.

8.    The house where I grew up has been sold to a family that/who moved here from Mexico.

9.    She smiled because she knew the secret, but/yet nobody had told her anything.

10.                       What he said yesterday made everyone in the room

uncomfortable.

When he said that yesterday, it made everyone in the room

uncomfortable. adv cl

 

We don’t know why he said that yesterday. n cl

 

There is work to do on sentence writing.

 

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Test 3

Paragraph on “I Confess”

-paragraph form

-paragraph structure

-use some quotations

 

You can have your story out for the test. You will need it to do some quotations.