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PPT On Structure Types Of Sentence

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Published in: English
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This PPT will describe the structure of the sentences. 

Indira M / Ipoh

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Qualification: PhD Lit, M.Ed TESL, BA ELS

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  1. Sentence Structure: Sentence Types Wednesday (2-5pm)
  2. Sentence Types Simple ' Compound ' Complex ' Compound-Complex
  3. Basic Elements of Every Sentence SUBJECT PREDICATE
  4. Basic Elements SUBJECT Mary PREDICATE plays tennis
  5. Simple Sentence
  6. Simple Sentence A simple sentence has one subject and one predicate.
  7. Simple Sentence Observe how a simple sentence is constructed: We went to San Juan yesterday,
  8. Simple Sentence Pronoun Verb Prepositional phrase We went to San Juan , Simple subject Complete predicate
  9. SIMPLE SENTENCE SUBJECT Mary one subject PREDICATE plays tennis. one predicate
  10. Simple Sentence Tom and Mary Compound Subject play tennis.
  11. Simple Sentence Tom and Mary Compound Subject play tennis and swim, Compound Predicate
  12. SIMPLE SENTENCE with compound subject Tom and Mary play tennis.
  13. SIMPLE SENTENCE with compound subject and compound predicate Tom and Mary play tennis and swim.
  14. Compound Sentence
  15. Compound Sentence A compound sentence has more than one part that can stand alone (independent clauses). Independent clauses are connected by coordinating conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs or a semi-colon.
  16. Compound Sentence We went to San Juan, and most of us danced all night,
  17. Compound Sentence Subject Verb Prepositional phrase We went to San Juan, Predicate Coordinating Conjunction and most of us danced all night , Subject Modifying phrase Verb
  18. Compound Sentence Use of Coordinating Conjunctions SUBJECT SUBJECT PREDICATE amd PREDICATE
  19. Compound Sentence Tom Mary swims and plays tennis.
  20. COMPOUND SENTENCE: COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET so
  21. COMPOUND SENTENCE: COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis. Clause I Independent Independent
  22. COMPOUND SENTENCE: COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis. Comma before "and" in compound sentences !
  23. COMPOUND SENTENCE: CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS MOREOVER HOWEVER OTHERWISE THEREFORE
  24. COMPOUND SENTENCE: CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich. Clause 1 Independent Independent
  25. COMPOUND SENTENCE: CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich. Note: Semicolon before conjunctive adverb and comma after conjunctive adverb! 00
  26. Conjunctive Adverbs "float" Conjunctive adverbs are sometimes called "floating" adverbs because they can be positioned at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a clause.
  27. CONJUNCTIVE ADVERB: AT THE BEGINNING, IN THE MIDDLE,AT THE END Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich. Bob is handsome; he is, moreover, rich. Bob is handsome; he is rich, moreover.
  28. Semicolons "If the relation between the ideas expressed in the main clauses is very close and obvious without a conjunction, you can separate the clauses with a semicolon" (Little, Brown Handbook, 9th Edition, p. 361).
  29. COMPOUND SENTENCE: SEMICOLON Tom has benefited from his exercise program; he is slim and energetic.
  30. Complex Sentence
  31. Complex Sentence A complex sentence has at least two parts: one that can stand alone and another one that cannot The part that cannot stand alone is linked to the rest of the sentence by a subordinating conjunction
  32. Complex Sentence Since my boyfriend and I wanted to have fun, we went to San Juan yesterday.
  33. Complex Sentence Since we wanted to have fun, Subordinating Conjunction Subject Predicate we went to San Juan yesterday
  34. Complex Sentence SUBJECT SUBJECT even though PREDICATE PREDICATE
  35. Complex Sentence Bob is popular even though is ugly.
  36. COMPLEX SENTENCE: SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS The most common subordinating conjunctions are "after," 'although,' as," 'because," "before," "how," 'if," once,' since,' 'that," though,' 'when," 'than," until," 'where,' 'whether," and while, "
  37. COMPLEX SENTENCE: SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS Bob is popular even though he is ugly. Clause 1 Independent Dependent Clause 2
  38. COMPLEX SENTENCE: SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS Even though Bob is ugly, he is popular. Clause I Dependent Independent
  39. Compound-Complex Sentence
  40. Compound-Complex Sentence This type of sentence has more than one part that can stand alone, and at least one that cannot. ' Conjunctions link the different parts of this sentence.
  41. Compound-Complex Sentence Since we wanted to have fun, my boyfriend and I went to San Juan yesterday, and we danced all night,
  42. Compound-Complex Sentence Subordinating Conjunction Since we wanted to have fun Part that cannot stand alone my boyfriend and I went to San Juan, Coordinating Conjunction Predicate and we danced all night
  43. Compound-Complex Sentence Mike is popular because is good looking, but is not very happy.
  44. Exercises Say if the following sentences are: Simple, compound, complex or compound-complex.
  45. 1. The bell rang. Bridget ran the first part of the race, and Tara 2. biked the second part. He stands at the bottom of the cliff while the 3. climber moves up the rock. The skier turned and jumped. 4. Naoki passed the test because he studied 5. hard and understood the material.
  46. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Answers Simple Compound Complex Simple Compound-complex
  47. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Because Kayla has so much climbing experience , we asked her to lead our group. You and I need piano lessons. I planned to go to the hockey game, but I couldn't get tickets. Dorothy likes white water rafting, but she also enjoys kayaking. There are many problems to solve before this program can be used, but engineers believe that they will be able to solve them soon.
  48. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Answers Complex Simple Compound Compound Compound-complex
  49. Refe re n c e s Writing Academic English, Second Edition, by Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue. White Plains: Addison, Wesley, Longman, 1999. The Little, Brown Handbook, by H. Ramsey Fowler and Jane E. Aaron, Pearson, 2004.