In yesterdays class we learned about Sentence Structures. We learnt about independent and dependent clauses.
*An
independent clause can stand alone as a simple sentence because it has a subject, a predicate and expresses a complete thought. Eg~ The boy ran home.
*An
dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence because it is either missing a subject, predicate or a complete thought. Eg~ After the boy ran home...
We also learnt about
4 different ways of writing a sentence such as;
*A
simple sentence~ is made up of
one independent clause
*A
compound sentence~ is made up of
two or more independent clauses,
a comma and a linking word. Eg~ The boy ran home, so he could do his chores.
*A
complex sentence is made up of
one independent clause,
one dependent clause, a
linking word and sometimes a
comma. Eg~ After the boy ran home, he did his chores.
*A
compound-complex sentence is made up of at least
one independent clause and
two or more dependent clauses. Eg~ After the boy ran home, he did his chores, even though he really didn't want to.
Also we learnt that every sentence must have;
*A Subject~ what the sentence is about. Eg~ an animal, a place, a person, or an idea. Eg~ The boy..
*A Predicate~ the part of a sentence containing a verb and stating something about the subject. Eg~ ...ran home
*A Complete thought~ expresses a subject and a verb. Eg~
Below is a list of the most commonly used linking words.
*while *so that
*after *unless
*though *since
*because *although
*as soon as *if
*whereas *until
*wherever *where
*when *even though
*before* *whether
*as
my opinion on this idea for canada to go to war isn't good because isis might send someone to bomb canada.
