SENTENCE

STRUCTURE
COURSE TITLE: ENGLISH 1
SEMESTER ONE
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:

• explain why correct sentence structure is

important
• identify different types of sentences
• follow steps to improve sentence
structure
• use a variety of sentence structures in
composition
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 Sentence
 A group of words, which expresses a complete thought.
 When we make a sentence, we name some person/thing and say
something about it.
Exercise 1

 Put the words in the correct order and write the statements.
 a. For my brother/made/the tailor/a suit
 b. Football/likes/Tom.
 c. An accident/David/had
 d. Bought/two years ago/we/this car
 e. A tall woman/Harriot/is
 f. Sat/on the floor/everyone
 g. Gave/some help/Mike’s friends/him
Parts of a Sentence

The part, which names the person/ thing

we are speaking about, is called the
subject of the sentence.
The part, which tells something about
the subject, is called the predicate of the
sentence.
 Basic Elements of Every Sentence:
Exercise

 In the following sentences, identify the subject and the

predicate.
 a. The boy stood on the deck.
 b. Miss Kitty was rude that day.
 c. He has a good memory
 d. Borrowed garments never fit well.
 e. On the top of the hill lives the hermit.
Activity
 Activity Prepare 30 chits in total; think of 15
subjects (name of persons, animals, places or
things) and 15 predicates (something telling about
the subject).
 Make 15 sentences joining both the chits and come
up with grammatically correct sentences.
 Example: My glasses / fell in the butter
 Mary/ was picking the flowers from the garden.
Clauses and phrases

Sentences are made up of clauses and

phrases. All sentences must have at least
one independent clause
 Clause
 A clause is a group of words which has:
• a subject, i.e., the focus of the clause, or someone or thing which
does something in the clause and
• a complete finite verb, i.e., a verb which has a subject and a sense
of time
For example,
 Independent Clause
 An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand on
its own as a sentence.
 For example,
Activity

 Create ten independent clauses

 Dependent Clause

Does not express a complete thought.

needs to be joined to an independent clause to
become a sentence.
Usually begins with a word such as although,
while, because, who, which, if, etc.
For example, Although learning a new
language is often frustrating
Activity

 Create five sentences containing dependant clause

Phrase

 A group of words which either does not have a

subject
 e.g., walks to work every day or does not have a
finite verb,
 e.g., The reason being their good design