"Sentence Variety" Exercises In each exercise‚ you will practice combining sentences or using the following varieties: simple‚ compound‚ complex‚ compound-complex‚ prepositional phrases of location‚ adverbs of negation and time‚ and conditional sentence structures. Each exercise will give you specific instructions regarding the sentence type or subject verb inversion to use. Your goal is to complete ten exercises in a row‚ or until you feel comfortable using a variety of sentences structures in
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The use of the subjunctive in Spanish: A brief review Clauses are groups of words which express an idea and contain a predicate (i.e.‚ a conjugated verb) and a subject‚ although of course in Spanish the subject is often merely indicated by the verb ending. They can be divided into two categories: independent clauses (which make sense in and of themselves) and dependent clauses (which need to be used with an independent clause to form a complete sentece). In general‚ the the indicative‚ the conditional
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CUMULATIVE GRAMMAR FOLDABLE 2014 Your project this week is to create a culminating grammar study guide that will help you to review all concepts we have studied this year in grammar. It will also be a great aid to use next year as you continue to study grammar concepts. These are the basics of learning how to write‚ and you will get a great review while creating this foldable. You will have every day this week to work on this project‚ and it is due next Monday‚ May 12th in case you need the weekend
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Sentences: Simple‚ Compound‚ and Complex A common weakness in writing is the lack of varied sentences. Becoming aware of three general types of sentences--simple‚ compound‚ and complex--can help you vary the sentences in your writing. The most effective writing uses a variety of the sentence types explained below. 1. Simple Sentences A simple sentence has the most basic elements that make it a sentence: a subject‚ a verb‚ and a completed thought. Examples of simple sentences include the following:
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Run on Sentences Run on sentences are sentences that contain too many ideas without proper punctuation. Not all long sentences are run on sentences. It is perfectly acceptable to join several related ideas in one compound sentence. However‚ if you don ’t follow punctuation rules‚ a sentence can become a run on. A simple explanation of run ons and some examples of run on sentences should help to make this point clear. Components of A Sentence Each sentence has 3 necessary components 1. A subject:
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Why Does Style Matter? “Language is the expression of self‚ but language is also the instrument by which to know that self” ( ) states Donald Hall in “An Ethic of Clarity.” Based on a writer’s style‚ a reader can determine how he or she is supposed to feel about the subject. A story starts with the basic elements like syntax and tone‚ and then is enhanced by figurative language‚ diction‚ and treatment of subject matter. Author’s use different combinations while composing to establish an original
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Cedrick S. Maningas UC-31 Phrase A phrase is a group of words acting as a single part of speech and not containing both a subject and a verb. It is a part of a sentence‚ and does not express a complete thought. The phrases in the first two sentences of this page are italicized. The first sentence contains five phrases: "of words‚" "acting as a single part of speech‚" "as a single part‚" "of speech‚" and "not containing both a subject and a verb." Except for the phrase beginning with as
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INTRODUCTION English is one of the most important and most spoken languages in the world. It is the native language of more than 350 million people. Undoubtedly‚ the popularity of the language has termed English as the international language of business‚ education‚ science‚ technology‚ banking‚ computing‚ medicine‚ aviation‚ engineering‚ tourism‚ UN & NATO armed forces‚ Hollywood films and the best pop and rock music of the world. So‚ it is seemed to be the only language that truly links the
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An adjective clause (also known as adjectival or relative clause) is a subordinate clause used to modify a noun or a pronoun in the main clause. An adjective clause will meet three requirements: * First‚ it will contain a subject and verb. * Next‚ it will begin with a relative pronoun [who‚ whom‚ whose‚that‚ or which] or a relative adverb [when‚ where‚ or why]. * Finally‚ it will function as an adjective‚ answering the questionsWhat kind? How many? or Which one? The adjective clause
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CLAUSE A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb. Some clauses are dependent: they can’t stand alone and need an independent clause‚ or sentence‚ to support them. These dependent clauses can be used in three ways: as adjectives‚ as adverbs and as nouns. This article focuses on noun clauses. NOUN CLAUSE A noun clause is a dependent clause that acts as a noun. Noun clauses most often begin with the subordinating conjunction that. Other words that may begin a noun clause are if
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