In this ppt you can find a brief introduction about how to write simple, compound, and complex sentences in English.

1. WRITING SIMPLE,
COMPOUND, AND COMPLEX
SENTENCES
COMPILED BY:
HERY THE
WIZIQ ONLINE CLASS
JULY 30, 2011

2. AGENDA:
1. Advanced searching for online learning resources
2. Review: simple sentences
3. Compound sentences
4. Complex sentences
5. From simple sentences to complex sentences
6. Information about my free online classes

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4. REVIEW: SIMPLE SENTENCES
Review checklist (Kirszner & Mandell, 2000):
Writing Simple Sentences
● A sentence express a complete thought. The subject
tells who or what is being talked about in the sentence.
● Prepositions connect words and group of words in a
sentence. They are combined with nouns or pronouns
to form prepositional phrases.
● The object of a preposition cannot be the subject of a
sentence.
● An action verb tells what the subject does, did, or will
do
● A linking verb connects the subject to a word or words
that describe or rename it.
● Many verbs are made up of more than one word. The
complete verb in a sentence includes the main verb
plus any helping verbs.

5. EXAMPLES: SIMPLE SENTENCES
● Kaleo met his girlfriends at my grandmother's
house. (-prepositional phrases)
● Tiger Woods plays golf. (-action verb-)
● Riana dances and sings at the stage. (-more than one verb-)
● Mother has gone to her office. (-helping verb-)
Remember !
A simple sentence has only one clause.
A clause is one set of subject-verb elements.

6. COMPOUND SENTENCES: COORDINATING
CONJUCTIONS
● A compound sentence contains two or more independent
clauses joined by a coordinator.
● The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet,
so. [FANBOYS]
● Examples:
○ Father and I are novel writer.
○ My father is a Sociologist, but he enjoys teaching
Philosophy.
○ Either you like it or not, you must do it!

7. COMPOUND SENTENCES: CONJUNCTIVE
ADVERBS
● Another way to make a compound sentence is with
a conjunctive adverb.
● The conjunctive adverbs that frequently used are:
also instead still
besides meanwhile then
consequently moreover therefore
furthermore nevertheless thus
however otherwise
Examples:
● Statistics show that test score in total is higher among male's
students than among females; therefore, it can be believed that
male's students are perform better to females in this test.
● I have a lot to do tonight; also, I have to wait my mom's call.

8. COMPOUND SENTENCES: TRANSITIONAL
EXPRESSIONS
You can also link two simple sentences into one compound
sentence by using transitional expressions:
as a result in comparison
at the same time in fact
for example on the contrary
for instance on the other hand
in addition that is
Examples:
● He drunk too much and he drove; as a result,
he got a ticket.
● My brother is a liberal activist; on the
contrary, my sister is a democrat activist.

9. COMPLEX SENTENCES: INTRODUCTION
● A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by
one or more dependent clauses.
● A complex sentence always has a subordinator such
as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative
pronoun such as that, who,or which.
Examples:
● Andy forgot to write his name when he
handed in his final test.
● My brother is allowed to watch a TV tonight
because tomorrow is Sunday.
● The subject that we discussed was how to
increase the student test performance.

10. FROM SIMPLE SENTENCE TO COMPLEX
SENTENCE
● Peter is a man.
● He is a famous artist.
● He owned a private island.
● The island is beautiful.
Complex sentence:
Peter, the man who owned a
beautiful private island, is a
famous artist.

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