Sentence structure - 5H

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Writing practice 

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Lesson goals
-Learn about the different sentence structure types and how to recognize and use them in your own work.

-Learn the difference between the independent and dependent clause.

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You need is sentence structure
It is a way of categorizing sentences by identifying the absence or presence of

  • clauses (independent and dependent)
  • conjunctions
  • subordinators ( ex: using coordinating conjunctions, punctuations and/or subordinating conjuctions).

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What is a clause?
A clause is a group of words that functions as one part of speech and that includes a subject (onderwerp) and verb(werkwoord).

  1. Independent clause; A sentence that contains a subject and a verb - It can stand alone
Example: He will succeed. 
2. Dependent clause; Contains a subject and a verb, but it cannot stand alone. 
Example: If you work hard
3. Subordinating conjunctions; Conjunctions are used to link dependent clauses to independent clauses. 
Example: If you work hard, you will succeed. 

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Types of sentence structure
From this perspective, the English sentence has four major building blocks:
 

1. Simple Sentence Structure:  
one independent clause.
2. Compound Sentence Structure: 
two independent clauses  connected by a coordinating conjunction (aka FANBOYS).
3. Complex Sentence Structure: 
one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
4. Compound-Complex Sentence Structure:
  two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

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Which one is a compound sentence?
A
While I was cooking he was still playing games on the computer.
B
I'll have a week in Rome, or I'll go to Paris for three days
C
Although I miss him so much, I cannot go to him because I do not have money.

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Which one is a complex sentence structure?
A
Whenever it rains, I like to wear my blue coat
B
I looked for Mary and Samantha at the bus station.
C
They spoke to him in English, but she responded in Spanish.

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Which one is a compound-complex sentence?
A
Do you know the man who is talking to Mary?
B
Elissa was very sick today and we will take her to the hospital now, before she gets worse.
C
Although I worked hard, I got a very low grade from the exam and stayed in the classroom.

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Which one is a complex sentence structure?
A
Don’t leave the restaurant until the dishes here are washed.
B
He left in a hurry after he got a phone call.
C
Elissa was very sick today and we will take her to the hospital now, before she gets worse.

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Which one is a compound- complex sentence structure?
A
If the ozone layer collapses, the global community will suffer.
B
She goes to the beach, and she takes her cat.
C
Mary and Samantha took the bus.

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Check your own work
How many different types of clauses can you spot in your essay? Is there enough variation?

Are there some sentences that you could turn into a compound or complex sentence?


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Assignment
Write 3 compound sentences and 3 complex sentences about the topic of your essay. 

Make sure the sentences are different, so not three versions of the same sentence with only 1 word changed. 


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Hand in a picture of the sentences from the previous assignment.

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Conjunctions

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Check your own work
How many different conjunctions/linking words/signal words have you used?

Is there enough variation?

Could you connect some more sentences in your essay with these words?

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Assignment
Pick 3 words from each of the conjunction lists on the slides before. 

For each word, write a sentence that uses that word and fits the topic of your essay. (In other words you could literally use the sentences you create in your essay).

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Hand in a picture of the sentences you created during the previous assignment.

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Improve your essay. 
Make sure the lay-out is correct.

Add more different kinds of sentence structures.

Add a variation of conjunctions. 

Hand in the essay in magister -> Opdrachten -> Second essay assignment. 

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