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Grammar 101 Spring 2012 National Taipei University

Grammar 101 Spring 2012 National Taipei University. Instructor: Jully Yin Meeting Room: Room 209. Meeting Four : Sentence Structures. Simple Compound Complex Compound-complex. Pretest.

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Grammar 101 Spring 2012 National Taipei University

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  1. Grammar 101Spring 2012National Taipei University Instructor: Jully Yin Meeting Room: Room 209

  2. Meeting Four: Sentence Structures Simple Compound Complex Compound-complex

  3. Pretest 1.  Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should spend their summer vacation. A. Simple SentenceB. Compound SentenceC. Complex SentenceD. Compound-Complex Sentence 2.  Pauline loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing. A. Simple SentenceB. Compound SentenceC. Complex SentenceD. Compound-Complex Sentence

  4. Pretest 3.  Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest. A. Simple SentenceB. Compound SentenceC. Complex SentenceD. Compound-Complex Sentence 4.  Pauline says there is nothing relaxing about chopping wood, swatting mosquitoes, and cooking over a woodstove. A. Simple SentenceB. Compound SentenceC. Complex SentenceD. Compound-Complex Sentence

  5. Pretest 5.  Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets a nasty sunburn. A. Simple SentenceB. Compound SentenceC. Complex SentenceD. Compound-Complex Sentence 6.  Bruno tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in his swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week. A. Simple SentenceB. Compound SentenceC. Complex SentenceD. Compound-Complex Sentence

  6. Pretest 7.  This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, they decided to take separate vacations. A. Simple SentenceB. Compound SentenceC. Complex SentenceD. Compound-Complex Sentence 8.  Bruno went to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and Pauline went to Cape Cod. A. Simple SentenceB. Compound SentenceC. Complex SentenceD. Compound-Complex Sentence

  7. Answer Key of Pretest http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/sentence_types_quiz.htm

  8. Pretest 9.  Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet. A. Simple SentenceB. Compound SentenceC. Complex SentenceD. Compound-Complex Sentence 10.  Bruno took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and Pauline sits on the beach with her laptop computer, which she connects to the internet with a cellular phone. A. Simple SentenceB. Compound SentenceC. Complex SentenceD. Compound-Complex Sentence

  9. Simple A simple sentence, also called an independent clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought.

  10. Compound A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator.

  11. Complex A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.

  12. Compound-complex Compound + Complex

  13. Clauses A clause is a group of related words.  A clause has both a subject and a predicate.  There are two types of clauses. Independent Clause Dependent Clause

  14. Independent Clause An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence.

  15. Independent Clause Example: We walk to school.

  16. Your Turn Write down 3 Independent Clauses of your own and compare them with your partner.

  17. Dependent Clause A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.

  18. Dependent Clause Example: when the cake is done baking 

  19. Your Turn Write down 3 Dependent Clauses of your own and compare them with your partner.

  20. Do you know?

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  26. Evaluation http://eslbee.com/cgi-bin/quiztest.cgi?simplecompoundorcomplex

  27. Sentence Fragments Could you tell these writers why the fragments are incomplete sentences? ____ 1. Then I attended Morris Junior High. A junior high that was a bad experience. ____ 2. The scene was filled with beauty. Such as the sun sending its brilliant rays to the earth and the leaves of various shades of red, yellow, and brown moving slowly in the wind.

  28. Fragment http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/5/18/38/

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