Sentence Structure. GRDAE 7 FINAL.POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
- 2. What is a sentence? • A sentence is a syntactic unit which has a complete thought in the form of • statement, question, instruction, or exclamation. Thus, a sentence can stand alone without a context or text. A sentence normally consists of a subject and a verb. It can be simple, complex, or c ompund .
- 3. Examples: • He swims regularly. • She reads a book at night. • The cat was chasing a mouse through the brick walls. • Because wind is invisible, it is hard to see a tornado unless it forms a condensation funnel made up of water droplets, dust and debris.
- 4. Types of Sentence 1. Simple sentence • A simple sentence consists of one independent clause. EXAMPLES: • Betty works as an engineer at the company. ) • I'm happy. • She exercises every morning. • His dog barks loudly. • We always eat dinner together.
- 5. 2. Complex sentence • A complex sentence consists of one independent clause that is followed or preceded by a dependent clause EXAMPLE; • When it rains, the road is very slippery./Although she is smart, she isn’t arrogant. • While I am a passionate basketball fan, I prefer football. • Although she was considered smart, she failed all her exams. • Whenever it rains, I like to wear my blue coat.
- 6. 3. Compound sentence • A compound sentence consists of two independent clauses that are joined by conjunctions such as and, but, or EXAMPLE; • I like Bakso but I don’t like the meatballs. • He plays soccer, but she prefers swimming. • They study hard, so they get good grades. • We work during the day, and we relax in the evening. • She loves her job, yet she complains about it a lot.
- 7. Sentence construction • To form a sentence in English, an essential element is the subject and the verb (and object), depending on the verb (S- V - O). The number of subject (including object) and contexts (tense & aspect) of sentence determine the form or shape of the verb. Examples: • 1. Sally l ikes watching Korean Dramas. • 2. The dog is chasing the cat/The d ogs are chasing the cat.
- 8. Parts of Speech & Syntactic elements • Noun (car ) • Verb ( have ) • Adjective ( fast ) • Adverb ( ) • Preposition ( in, at, on, ) • Subject (nouns) • Predicate (verbs) • Object (nouns) • Complement (object,
- 9. Exercises!!! Direction: Rearrange the words in correct order to make complete sentences. 1. That thin girl is drinking milk now 2. the robbers yesterday / the police / caught 3. our teacher / like /we 4. my mother / my baby sister / is looking after 5. has just written / a letter / the tall man 6. the students / have solved / some Mathematics problems 7. her aunt tomorrow / will visit / Mary