Types of Sentences

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Lesson Objectives 
  • Students will be able to : 
  1. differentiate between the three kinds of sentences. 
  2. create simple, compound, and complex sentences.

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Kinds of Sentences 
The 2 key parts of a sentence.
1- subject / predicate
2- Clauses / dependent/ independent

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Subject / Predicate 
where is the subject and where is the predicate in this sentence?
The young bright student memorized the capital of every country.

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Clauses
  1. Independent Clause 
  2. Dependent Clause 
The bright student memorized the capital of every country,as she prepared for her exams.

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Why do you need to understand the different kinds of sentences for our everyday writing and speaking?

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Simple Sentence

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Compound Sentence

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which of the following is a compound sentence?
(Whole Class Activity)
A
The car got stuck in the fast-moving river.
B
The boy fell from the old school swing.
C
I really need to go to school, but I don't feel well.
D
I want to go to the movies with my freinds.

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Complex Sentences
A Complex Sentence has one independent clause and one or more dependent clause(s).

Meera got married after she finished college.

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Subordinating Conjunctions
  •  link dependent clauses to independent clauses.
Examples of subordination conjunctions:
as, since, therefore, hence, consequently, though, due to,  because, unless, once, while, when, whenever, where, wherever, before, and after.
Dependent clauses often begin with subordinating conjunctions.

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Which of the following sentences is a complex sentence:
(Whole Class Activity)
A
My best friend is called Mila but she lives a long way from me.
B
Kareem had to go to bed even though he was not tired .
C
The boy fell off his bicycle.
D
I want to learn to swim and I would go to horse riding.

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