2019-10-29 Writing: sentence structures

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 51-52 - Cross out the irrelevant sentences.
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Remember: You can remove irrelevant sentences (or simply don’t write them in the first place), or you can connect them more clearly to your topic so they become relevant.
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Types of Sentence Structures
simple sentence = one subject + one predicate (one independent clause)
compound sentence = two or more independent clauses, connected with a coordinating conjunction
complex sentence = a sentence with an independent clause and at least one dependent clause
(a dependent clause is one that doesn’t express a complete idea, such as “When I get home”)
(an independent clause expresses a complete idea)
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The full list of coordinating conjunctions is “FANBOYS”: for and nor but or yet so
The most common ones (and the most important to learn first) are “SOBA” or “BOAS” (so or but and)
These go in the middle of compound sentences, between the independent clauses.
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p. 58
In all compound sentences with or/but/so, and in long sentences with “and”, use a comma.
Simple sentences can still have compound subjects and compound verbs with “and” or “or”.
These are all simple sentences:
	I speak English. SV
	My sister and I speak English. (subject = “my sister and I”) SSV
	I speak and teach English. (verb = “speak and teach”) SVV
	My sister and I speak and teach English. (subj = my sister and I; verb = speak and teach) SSVV
	I speak English and Spanish. (object = “English and Spanish”)
	My sister and I speak English and Spanish.
	I speak and teach English and Spanish.
	My sister and I speak and teach English and Spanish.
This is a compound sentence:
	I teach English, and my sister teaches Spanish. SV, and SV
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p. 59 practice 12 - Identify the sentence types and patterns
3 simple, SVV
4 compound, SV, or SVV
5 simple, SV
6 compound, SV, and SV
7 compound, SV, but SV
8 compound, SV, but SV
9 simple, SSV
10 compound, SV, and SV
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Homework: p. 60 - Identify subjects and verbs in the paragraph, then add commas where needed.