CONSTRUCTING

GOOD
SENTENCES
What is a good sentence?

There are two requirements of a good

sentence
A good sentence must follow the rules
of grammar and state an idea clearly.
A good sentence has a distinct
function in the paragraph where it is
found.
1. day teacher experiment / asked class speech
taste biscuit samples unlabeled boxes / requested
students comments biscuits / majority tasty / day
brought kind class / students eating showed label
/ dog biscuits stopped eating commented
unpleasant / experiment important point /
people words.

2. One day, our teacher carried out an experiment.

He asked the class in speech to taste some biscuit
samples from unlabeled boxes. He requested his
students for comments on the biscuits. The
majority found the biscuits tasty.
 The next day, the teacher brought
the same kind of biscuits to class.
While the students are eating, he
showed the label, Dog biscuits,
immediately the students stopped
eating and commented that the taste
was unpleasant. This experiment
proved an important point. People are
influenced by words.
 A sentence, therefore, must contain a subject and
predicate.

A subject can be simple, a single noun or a

pronoun, or complex, which includes modifiers that
provide more details about the simple subject. The
simple predicate is the verb in the sentence. The
complex predicate includes modifiers that complete
the meaning of the verb.

Try reading number 1 without stopping at the

pauses. You will get very little meaning from it. Try
reading number 1 without stopping at the periods. You
will have much difficulty getting any meaning.
 A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends
with a punctuation mark.

Sentence Sense

Sentence Completion
 Divide the following into sentences. Capitalize
the first word in each sentence and put the proper end
punctuation.

What a cozy little room this is the moment i

opened the door I fell in love with the place through the
window I could catch a glimpse of the garden and a view
of the mountains beyond lining one wall are shelves
filled with all kinds of books what treasures there are for
rainy day who knows what delightful comrades are shut
between those covers where shall I begin where is the
easiest chairs I will pull it near the window and smuggle
in luxury with the Arabian nights from the top shelf in
the corner my letter to you must wait.
 the complete subject is given. Add the complete
predicate to complex the sentence.
Example: The study of English literature ________
The study of English literature is very
interesting.

1. In literature, a new world __________

2. To enter this new world, we _________
3. The early literature in England ________