Team Member Names

Asad Mehhboob
Muhammad ANS
Writing Effective
Sentences
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Writing Complete Sentences
Complete sentence:
o Has a subject
o Has a verb
o Expresses a complete thought

Sentence fragment :
o a word group that has been capitalized and punctuated
as if it were a complete sentence
o NOT a complete sentence!
Sentence Fragments:
While he was a student at the University of California.
Has a subject
Has a verb
 Does NOT express a complete thought!

Was the first African American man to win the

Wimbledon tennis championship.
 Missing a subject!
Run-on Sentences
Run-on sentence:
Two complete sentences punctuated like one sentence
Two separate thoughts run into each other
The reader cannot tell where one idea ends and another
one begins.
Run-on or Correct?

Researchers have created a “virtual frog” it will allow

students to see the inside of a frog on the computer.

The software allows students to peel back the frog’s

muscles. Another option makes the skin invisible.
Combining Sentences
Sentence combining helps to reduce the number of
repeated words and ideas.
Combining Sentences
Combine Sentences by
Inserting words
Inserting phrases
Using And, But, or Or
Compound Subjects and Verbs
By forming a Compound Sentence
Using Subordinate Clauses
Making clauses that begin with Who, Which, or That
Making clauses with works of time or place
Improving Sentence Style
Stringy Sentences
Made up of several complete thoughts strung together
with words like and or but.
Ramble on and on
Don’t give the reader a chance to pause before each new
idea
Improving Sentence Style
Revising Wordy Sentences
More words in a sentence than you really need
Extra words do not make writing sound better!

Fixing wordy sentences

 Replace a phrase with one word
 Take out “who is” or “which is”
 Take out a whole group of unnecessary words
Improving Sentence Style
Varying Sentence Structure
Mix sentences of different lengths and structures
 Simple - contains one independent clause and no subordinate
clauses
 Compound – contains two or more independent clauses and no

subordinate clauses
 Complex – contains one independent clause and at least one

subordinate clause

Adding Varity to Sentences

Mix short, simple, compound, and longer sentences with
subordinate clauses
Improving Sentence Style
Identify the stringy and wordy sentences and use
methods to revise them
Remember to mix simple, compound, and complex
sentences!