Chapter 1

Chapter 1

ENGL 1220 - Sara Alshamran - 20111

In this chapter you have to learn:

Paragraph form.

Subjects, Verbs and Objects.

Simple Sentences.

6 rules of capitalization.

4 steps in writing process.

Journal writing.

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Who’s your classmate?

Ask Questions and take Notes


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Chapter 1 INTRODUCING PEOPLE


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organization

A paragraph can be described as a Yummy Cheeseburger. It must has one topic sentence, one concluding sentence, and many supporting sentences.


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Ann NaguyenENGL 1220Sep 25, 2011

Your name -Course number -Due date --

Remember!Use black or dark

blue inkUse 8,5 inch-by-

11inch lined, 3 hole paper


organization

Indent the first sentence


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Remember!Use a standard font

style, such as TIMES NEW ROMAN.

Use 8,5 inch-by-11inch white paper.

My classmate

Our classmate from Brazil is very athletic. His

name is Antonio Gonzales. His friends call him tony. He

is the oldest son in his family. His family sent him here

to learn English and to study business. Then he will

return to his home and work in his family company.

Tony is a big sport fan. He watches sports on television

all the time. His favorite sport is soccer. After all, he is

from Brazil! I would like to play soccer with Tony after

class some day.

Sara Alshamran

English 1220

25/9/2011

YOUR NAME -COURSE NUMBER -DUE DATE --

TITLE IN CENTER

MARGIN

DOUBLE SPACE

MARGIN

USE THE TAB KEY

TO INDENT THE

FIRST SENTENCE


organization

Sara watches TV.


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A sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. It begins with capital letter and end with period

We understand a complete thought

period

Capital letter at the beginning subject verb


Grammar and Capitalization

Comehere.

Stoptalking.


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Verb

You understand

the subject is you

No subject

If a sentence gives a command or instruction, we understand that the subject is you, but we don’t say or write you.The verb in a command sentence is always in the simple form.

Don’tCome here.

Don’t Stop talking.

Verb

Positive

Negative To make a commandnegative, put Don’tbefore the verb.



Subject

Sara is doing

something

Verb

The action

Object

TV receives

the action

Sara watches TV.

It is always expressed

Noun or pronoun

It tells an action or just links the subject with

the rest of the sentence

To find it, make a question by putting what after an action verbNoun or pronounCertain verbs MUST have objects, such as need, want, give, have, like, love…

1. Action verbs name an action that produced by the subject, and they can have objects, such as watch, hit, play… etc.

2. Linking verbs link the subject with the rest of the sentence, and they don’t have objects, such as be, look, feel… etc Example: My classmate is from Riyadh. She looksfriendly. I feel happy with her.


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The first word in a sentence. My classmate is from Riyadh. She likes cats.

The pronoun I. My mother and I like cats.

Names of people and their titlesPresident Barak Obama.A title without a name is not capitalize but if this title refers to specific person it is capitalized. There are many presidents in the hall. The President of USA is there too.

Nationalities. My friends are Saudi, Swedish and British.Languages. I can speak English, Chinese and French very well.Religions. They are Muslims, Jewish and Buddhist. Ethnic group Native ethnic groups of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan self-identify themselves as Asian.

Names of school courses with numbers. I study English1220.Don’t capitalize the school subjects except names of nationalities, languages, religions and college classes with numbers

Specific places you could find on the map. I was in USA. I visited New York City and I spent along time in the Times Square. I went to Disneyland.


organization

A journal is a notebook in which you writeabout your life and thoughts. Each time youwrite in journal, you make a journal entry.

You write the date, the time you start andthe time you stop writing your journalentry.


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sentence

simple

Subject

simple Lily

compound Lily and Nora

verb

simple talks

compound Eat and talk

complement

compound

complex

Compound-

complex


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Sentence Structure

Example:•Lily eats pizza (S V)•Lily eats pizza and talks with Maya (S V V)•Lily and Nora eat pizza. (S S V)

And joins similar things

•Positive sentences . (+ +)

•Example: I like salad, pasta and pizza.

Joins similar things

•Negative sentences (- -)

•Example: I don’t like milk or tea

•Choice or alternatives (T? F?)

•Example: I want to visit Paris or Rome next week. (choice)

•My sister or my brother will come today. ( alternative)


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AND

OR


Sentence Structure

Nora likes

blueberry

ice-cream.

Lily likes

blueberry

ice-cream.

They like

cookies

Nora and lily

like blueberry

ice-cream

and cookies.

•Don’t repeat words ( likes- blueberry ice-cream)•You may omit some words but don’t leave any important information (blueberry- ice-cream)•You may change words (they) •You may add words (and)


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Sentence Structure

Free

writing

•Getting idea – Brain Storming

•Choose a topic – write whatever on your mind- don’t worry about grammar,

spelling…etc

1st Draft

•Rough form

•Don’t worry too much about errors

Editing

•Checking your writing – make changes – correct the errors …

•You have to check: 1- the paragraph as a whole( the meaning)

•2- the paragraph form, organization, grammar …etc

The final

copy

•Write a well paragraph that can be submitted to your teacher.


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writing

The End of Chapter (1)


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Education

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