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Writing English Preparation Ali Abdullah al shehan : Supervision
The Sentence Writing English Preparation Ali Abdullah al shehan : Supervision Abdul Aziz al-Sanusi
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* What is a sentence ? A sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought .A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period examples : * *He is a student . *It is hot today . *He looks tired . : Look at this simple example <----- sentence -----> predicate Subject verb English speak You
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Sentence Types * Simple * Compound * Complex * Compound-Complex
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Basic Elements of Every Sentence
SUBJECT PREDICATE
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Basic Elements SUBJEC PREDICATE plays tennis ahmad
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. A simple sentence has one subject and one predicate.
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Observe how a simple sentence is
:constructed We went to San Juan yesterday.
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*Explain why the (NS) word groups are not sentences : is very hot todey ( There is no subject ) NS S it is very hot todey, NS My new classmate from Brazil ( no verbs) S He spaks three languages fluently 5 Ns Is very handsome ( No verbs )
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Simple Sentence We went to Mecca . Pronoun Verb Prepositional phrase
Simple subject Complete predicate
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What is a subject. The subject talls who or what did something
What is a subject ? The subject talls who or what did something . It is a noun or pronoun My roommate lost his keys . (who lost his keys ? … my roommate ) The taxi hit the child. What hit the child ? … the taxi ) ) Soccer and tennis . ( What are my favorite sports ? … soccer and tennis )
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What is a verb ? The verb usually talls an action Sometimes a verb doesn’t tell an action Sometimes it just links the subject with the rest of the sentence . Action verb . Name an action as hit , live , lose , speak, go ,and come . The taxi hit the child . * My family lives in a two-bedroom apartment . * My roommate lost his keys .
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Linking verbs : link the subject with the rest of the sentencs
Linking verbs : link the subject with the rest of the sentencs . Linking verbs do Not have objects . The most common linking verbs are be , become , look , feel , seem , smell , sound , and taste . Soccer and tennis are my favorite sports . …… . L feel lucky today Linking verbs
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The above example sentence is very short. Of course, a sentence can be longer and more complicated, but basically there is always a subject and a predicate. Look at this longer example <----- sentence -----> predicate Subject verb English when they are working speak Ram and Tara
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Note that the predicate always contains a verb. Sometimes, in fact, the predicate is only a verb: So we can say that a sentence must contain at least a subject and verb <----- sentence -----> predicate Subject verb rises Smoke
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Appreviation Note also that a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop* or a question mark or an exclamation mark. Look at these examples: People need food . How are you ? ! Look out
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