Transcript 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
1. Pauline and Bruno have a big
argument every summer over where they
should spend their summer vacation.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
2. Pauline loves to go to the beach and
spend her days sunbathing.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
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 Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
4. Pauline says there is nothing relaxing about
chopping wood, swatting mosquitoes, and
cooking over a woodstove.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
Pretest
5. Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he
always gets a nasty sunburn.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. 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 Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
Pretest
7. This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate,
they decided to take separate vacations.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
8. Bruno went to the White Mountains of
New Hampshire, and Pauline went to Cape
Cod.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
Answer Key of Pretest
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/gr
ammar/cgishl/quiz.pl/sentence_types_quiz.htm
Pretest
9. Although they are 250 miles apart, they
keep in constant contact on the internet.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. 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 Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
Simple
A simple sentence, also called an
independent clause, contains a
subject and a verb, and it expresses
a complete thought.
Compound
A compound sentence contains two
independent clauses joined by a
coordinator.
Complex
A complex sentence has an
independent clause joined by one or
more dependent clauses.
Compound-complex
Compound
+ Complex
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
Independent Clause
An independent clause can
stand alone as a sentence.
Independent Clause
Example:
We walk to school.
Your Turn
Write down 3
Independent Clauses of
your own and compare
them with your partner.
Dependent Clause
A dependent clause cannot
stand alone as a sentence.
Dependent Clause
Example:
when the cake is done
baking
Your Turn
Write down 3 Dependent
Clauses of your own and
compare them with your
partner.
Do you know?
Do you know?
Do you know?
Do you know?
Do you know?
Do you know?
Evaluation
http://eslbee.com/cgibin/quiztest.cgi?simplecompoundorco
mplex
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.
Fragment
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exerci
ses/5/18/38/