Transcript Mini Grammar Lesson1

Is this a sentence?
GRAMMAR MINI LESSON
A sentence has a subject and a verb (a doer and
an action)
 He kicked.
 She ate.
 We kissed.
 They laughed.
 The shortest sentence in the Bible:
“Jesus wept.”
A complete sentence is an INDEPENDENT
CLAUSE. It can stand on its own.
Do you see the subject? The verb?
 My
I
cat has fleas.
love fast cars.
 Rain
makes me sleepy.
What happens when you stick 2 independent
clauses together? It’s a RUN-ON.
INCORRECT: I hate her cat there is always cat
hair in the food.
INCORRECT: One time she made a pot roast long
white hairs were stuck to it our dinner was
wearing a mustache.
But how do you fix a run-on
sentence?
There are many ways to correct a run-on
sentence!
1.
Make 2 sentences: I hate her cat. There is
always cat hair in the food.
2.
Add a comma and a coordinating conjunction
(a FANBOY): I hate her cat, for there is
always cat hair in the food.
NOTE: FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
And other ways . . .
4. Add a heavyweight connector: I hate her cat
because there is always cat hair in the food.
5. Separate with a semi-colon: I hate her cat;
there is always cat hair in the food.
Having problems with a sentence?
Hints:
1)
Make sure you have a sentence.
2)
Put the subject and main verb at the
beginning of the sentence for a strong tone.
If you struggle with sentence structure,
keeping the subject and main verb together
is important for you.