LESSON 39 - SENTENCES

Structure:
CLAUSES
Subject + Predicate (Verb – Object – Complement – Adverb)
Eg:
1. The students are learning English
2. Although we can’t afford to study overseas
3. Who always wish to be wealthy
4. The company is becoming famous
5. Because it does not cost a lot of money
 INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
Structure: Subject + Predicate
1. The students are learning English
2. The company is becoming famous
 DEPENDENT CLAUSE
Structure:
Conjunction + Subject + Predicate
1. Because it does not cost a lot of money
2. Although we can’t afford to study
overseas
CONJUNCTIONS – A WHITE BUS
SENTENCES
A sentence is the written expression of a complete thought. In most sentences the reader is
given one complete piece of information. A sentence needs to contain the following:
­ a capital letter at the beginning and a full stop at the end
­ a subject (person / people or thing(s) that is / are doing something)
­ a verb (action or doing word).
SIMPLE SENTENCES
SIMPLE SENTENCES
SIMPLE SENTENCES
SIMPLE SENTENCES – ACTIVITY 1
Practice
COMPOUND SENTENCES
 COMPOUND SENTENCES
FANBOYS
For And Nor But
Or Yet So

Clause 1, FANBOYS + Clause 2

 COMPOUND SENTENCES
Clause 1, FANBOYS + Clause 2
She is a stingy person, so she never wants
to spend.

It is raining heavily, but the match goes

on
 COMPOUND SENTENCES
Clause 1; however/ therefore, Clause 2

She is a stingy person; therefore, she always

hesitates to spend money.

It is raining heavily in Manchester city; however,

the match is not necessarily cancelled.
COMPOUND SENTENCES – ACTIVITY 2
COMPOUND SENTENCES – ACTIVITY 2
Practice
 COMPLEX SENTENCE
Dependent clause + independent clause
 COMPLEX SENTENCE
Dependent clause + independent clause
Although a number of measures are being
taken, the outbreak of Covid-19 has not
been contained
 COMPLEX SENTENCE
Dependent clause + independent clause
Because they are an essential part of
modern life, smartphones are becoming
increasingly common
 COMPLEX SENTENCE
Dependent clause + independent clause
While the number of confirmed cases in the
USA keeps rising, that in European is
slightly decreasing
 COMPLEX SENTENCE
Dependent clause + independent clause
Students who work hard at school are more
likely to succeed in the final examination
COMPLEX SENTENCES- PATTERN
COMPLEX SENTENCES – ACTIVITY 3
ACTIVITY 4 – LINKING WORDS
Practice