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The Sentence
The Sentence
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SEMESTRAL SAN MARCOS II
The Sentence
Definitions and Examples of Basic Sentence Object: A person, animal, place, thing, or concept
Elements that receives the action. Determine the object in a
sentence by asking the question “The subject did
Key: Yellow, bold = subject; green underline = verb,
what?” or “To whom?/For whom?”
blue, italics = object, pink, regular font = prepositio-
nal phrase o I like spaghetti.
o He reads many books.
Independent clause: An independent clause can
stand alone as a sentence. It contains a subject and Prepositional Phrase: A phrase that begins with
a verb and is a complete idea. a preposition (i.e., in, at for, behind, until, after, of,
I like spaghetti. during) and modifies a word in the sentence. A pre-
He reads many books. positional phrase answers one of many questions.
Here are a few examples: “Where? When? In what
Dependent clause: A dependent clause is not a
way?”
complete sentence. It must be attached to an inde-
pendent clause to become complete. This is also o I like spaghetti for dinner.
known as a subordinate clause. o He reads many books in the library.
o
Although I like spaghetti,…
o
Because he reads many books,… English Sentence Structure
The following statements are true about sentences
Subject: A person, animal, place, thing, or concept in English:
that does an action. Determine the subject in a sen- • A new sentence begins with a capital letter.
tence by asking the question “Who or what?” o
He obtained his degree.
o
I like spaghetti. • A sentence ends with punctuation (a period,
o
He reads many books. a question mark, or an exclamation point).
o He obtained his degree.
Verb: Expresses what the person, animal, place, • A sentence contains a subject that is only given
thing, or concept does. Determine the verb in a sen- once.
tence by asking the question “What was the action o
Smith he obtained his degree.
or what happened?”
• A sentence contains a verb or a verb phrase.
o I like spaghetti.
o He obtained his degree.
o He reads many books.
• A sentence follows Subject + Verb + Object
o The movie is good. (The be verb is also so-
metimes referred to as a copula or a linking word order.
verb. It links the subject, in this case “the o
He (subject) obtained (verb) his degree
movie,” to the complement or the predicate (object).
of the sentence, in this case, “good.”)
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Academia ADUNI
Exercises
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1. According to the text, what do banks enable Text 2: Doctors
people to do? When most people are ill with a non-life threa-
tening condition they will most often see a General
A) Buy products
Practitioner, a GP, also called a Family Doctor. The-
B) Save money for the future
se doctors generally work in the local community
C) Get money now that they have to pay back
later in surgeries rather than in hospitals, so they are
D) All of the above convenient for people to see for a consultation.
However, other GPs can work in a very wide range
2. What is the purpose of the head office of a of areas, such as in hospitals, in education and for
bank? insurance companies.
As the name suggests, GPs are doctors that do
A) To support the local branches to work
not have a specialty, such as a brain surgeon or can-
properly.
B) To offer services to local customers. cer specialist: they are able to diagnose and treat all
C) To work with other banks. the possible diseases and problem that one of their
D) To look impressive. patients might have. They can treat and manage
most illnesses and perform some minor surgeries
3. What do bank tellers do?
in their practice. Then for more serious cases they
will refer the patient to a specialist that will work in
A) They protect the money.
B) They help the customers. a hospital.
C) They arrange loans for customers. If you are ill and need to see a GP you will nor-
D) They are in charge of the bank branch. mally need to make an appointment. Sometimes
you can just walk into the surgery and see a doc-
4. What happens when a bank customer spend tor, but that is not very likely as GPs are normally
more money than they have in their account? very busy and all their appointment times will be
fully booked. Often you have to wait several hours
A) They will need to see the security guard. if not at least one of two days before you can get an
B) They will have to go to the police station. appointment with a GP. If you are too ill to wait you
C) They will have to have a meeting with the have to go to a hospital and visit the accident and
bank manager. emergency department.
D) They will have to borrow money from the
GPs also make house-calls. These are when
bank.
the GP comes to your house to treat you or see a
patient. Most often a GP has to make house-calls
5. Which of the following methods is more con-
to see elderly people who cannot get to the surgery
venient when paying for something than using
easily. They might be ill and need to doctor to give
a check?
them medicine or it could be that the GP just want
A) Using a plastic card to check on them and make sure that they are ok.
B) Using cash If you are ill, the doctor will normally prescribe you
C) There is not a more convenient method. some medicine and tell you to go away for a few
D) With an exchange of products. days before you go back and visit them again if you
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have not started to get better. The GP will also exp- 8. Why will you often have to wait to see a GP?
lain how you can have a better lifestyle that could
prevent you from becoming ill in the first place. A) They are very busy, so all their appointment
They will normally recommend that you stop smo- times get full.
B) To make sure you are really ill.
king cigarettes (if you do), not to drink too much
C) So the GP will have enough work to do
alcohol and to get exercise. Once you have your each day.
prescription you will need to visit a pharmacy to get D) You will need to travel a long way to see
the medicine the doctor prescribed you. them and the journey will take a few days.
6. What is the difference between a specialist 9. What sort of person will most likely be visited
and a GP? by a GP in their own home?