UFS 211 - ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING

TASK 2 - SENTENCES STRUCTURE

 What is a sentence?
 A group 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.
 Components of a sentence:
 ~Subject
 ~Predicate
 ~Object

  Sentence Structure
  -Simple Sentence
  -Compound Sentence
  -Complex Sentence
  -Compound-Complex Sentence

 Examples of sentences:
 1.He is a student.
 2.It is a hot today.
 3.He looks exhausted.
 4.Are you hungry?
 5.Who's there?

 Examples of Non sentences:
 ~Is very athletic.
 ~The baby sleepy.

 Simple Sentence
 -Sentence that has one subject-verb pair.
 -The subject tells who or what did something. It is a noun or pronoun.

 Examples:
 The taxi hit the child. (What hit the child? -the taxi)
 Soccer and tennis are my favorite sports? (What are my favorites? -soccer and tennis)

 Compound Sentence
 -A compound sentence is two simple sentences connected by a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
 -This is the basic formula for a compound sentence:
 -Simple sentence + COORDINATING CONJUNCTION + simple sentence
 -Here are 2 important points to know about compound sentences:
 -A comma and a coordinating conjunction connect the two halves of a compound sentence.

 Complex Sentence
 -A complex sentence has one independent clause and one (or more) dependent clauses.
 -When the dependent clause begins with an adverb subordinator, the clauses can usually be in any order.

 EXAMPLE
 1.We ran for shelter as soon as it started to rain.
 2.As soon as it stated to rain, we ran for shelter.