WRITING SIMPLE, COMPOUND, AND COMPLEX

SENTENCES

COMPILED BY:HERY THE

WIZIQ ONLINE CLASS

JULY 30, 2011

AGENDA:

1. Advanced searching for online learning resources2. Review: simple sentences3. Compound sentences4. Complex sentences5. From simple sentences to complex sentences6. Information about my free online classes

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REVIEW: SIMPLE SENTENCES

Review checklist (Kirszner & Mandell, 2000): Writing Simple Sentences

● A sentence express a complete thought. The subject tells who or what is being talked about in the sentence.

● Prepositions connect words and group of words in a sentence. They are combined with nouns or pronouns to form prepositional phrases.

● The object of a preposition cannot be the subject of a sentence.

● An action verb tells what the subject does, did, or will do

● A linking verb connects the subject to a word or words that describe or rename it.

● Many verbs are made up of more than one word. The complete verb in a sentence includes the main verb plus any helping verbs.

EXAMPLES: SIMPLE SENTENCES

● Kaleo met his girlfriends at my grandmother's house. (-prepositional phrases)

● Tiger Woods plays golf. (-action verb-)● Riana dances and sings at the stage. (-more than one verb-)● Mother has gone to her office. (-helping verb-)

Remember !A simple sentence has only one clause.A clause is one set of subject-verb elements.

COMPOUND SENTENCES: COORDINATING CONJUCTIONS

● A compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinator.

● The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. [FANBOYS]

● Examples:○ Father and I are novel writer.○My father is a Sociologist, but he enjoys teaching

Philosophy.○ Either you like it or not, you must do it!

COMPOUND SENTENCES: CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS

● Another way to make a compound sentence is with a conjunctive adverb.

● The conjunctive adverbs that frequently used are:

alsobesidesconsequentlyfurthermorehowever

insteadmeanwhilemoreoverneverthelessotherwise

stillthenthereforethus

Examples: ● Statistics show that test score in total is higher among male's

students than among females; therefore, it can be believed that male's students are perform better to females in this test.

● I have a lot to do tonight; also, I have to wait my mom's call.

COMPOUND SENTENCES: TRANSITIONAL EXPRESSIONS

You can also link two simple sentences into one compound sentence by using transitional expressions: as a result in comparison at the same time in fact for example on the contrary for instance on the other hand in addition that is

Examples:● He drunk too much and he drove; as a result,

he got a ticket.● My brother is a liberal activist; on the

contrary, my sister is a democrat activist.

COMPLEX SENTENCES: INTRODUCTION

● A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.

● A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who,or which.

Examples:● Andy forgot to write his name when he

handed in his final test.● My brother is allowed to watch a TV tonight

because tomorrow is Sunday.● The subject that we discussed was how to

increase the student test performance.

FROM SIMPLE SENTENCE TO COMPLEX SENTENCE

● Peter is a man.● He is a famous artist.● He owned a private island.● The island is beautiful.

Complex sentence:Peter, the man who owned a beautiful private island, is a famous artist.

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