WRITING SUCCESSFULLY

FORMING SENTENCES

Without properly formed sentences, there are no topic

sentences, no supporting sentences and no paragraphs.

The sentence is the glue that keeps all other aspects of

writing together.
 1 • SUBJECT + VERB
• Cristian cried

2 • SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT

• My mom bought some bread

STRUCTURE OF
3 • SUBJECT + VERB +COMPLEMENT (Adjective)
• My dog is smart

A SENTENCE
4 • SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT + OBECJECT
• All actors gave Tom great respect

5 • SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT + COMPLEMENT

• The whole family made the baby angry

6
• SUBJECT + VERB + PREPOSITION
/PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
• The doctor escaped to a friend’s house
 QUESTIONS

Auxiliary + subject + main verb

• CAN YOU SPEAK ITALIAN?

Wh + Auxiliary + subject + main verb

• WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

 PRESENT SIMPLE

• BASIC ROUTINES
• HABITS
• FACTS

• She – he – it -> s
• David eats pizza every Friday.
 PAST STRUCTURES

• The mailman came this morning while I was cooking

• I had learned Japanese by the time I went to japan
 PRESENT PERFECT

• I have worked in ----- for 10 years

• She has lived in ….. For ---- since ….
• I have been to Miami 3 times
 CONJUNCTIONS
So
For
Yet
And
OrNor
But “FANBOYS”
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 First sentence /
Beginning

Main part paragraph 1

WHAT DOES A
TYPICAL STORY
TASK LOOK LIKE? Main part paragraph 2

Ending
 As soon as
When
Time expressions Five minutes later
By the time

Had seen
Past perfect / past Was changing
continuous Was raining

USEFUL
LANGUAGE Clear
Beautiful
Adjectives Surprised
Amusing

Readlly
Adverbs Heavily
 Past simple, past continuous and past
perfect are the three most important verb
forms when you write a story.

PAST VERB Past continuous

Past perfect
Past simple describes what
FORMS describes the was happening
describes what
happened
main events of at the same time
before the main
your story. as the main
events.
events.
 TIPS

1 2
Always take a couple of Brainstorm the main ideas
minutes to plan your text • You can create a mind map
• You can create the text draft
  BUILDING COHERENT PARAGRAPHS

Topic sentence
• is at the beginning, summing up what the paragraph will cover. 

Supporting sentences
• are developed after the topic sentence, covering the thoughts and ideas that
hold the topic sentence in place, giving it validity and weight
Concluding sentence
• Restates the main idea of the paragraph
 IDENTIFYING TOPIC SENTENCES

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 ORGANIZE THE FOLLOWING
PARAGRAPH

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