The document provides examples and explanations of simple sentences. It begins with an example of a simple sentence using repetition: "Betty bought a bit of butter but she found the butter bitter. So she bought a bit of butter to make the bitter butter better." It then defines a simple sentence as having one independent clause with a subject and verb expressing a complete thought. Various ways to form simple sentences are described, including with simple/compound subjects and predicates. Examples of simple sentences are given and students are asked to identify them. Directions are provided for writing simple sentences in groups.
3. Betty bought a bit of
butter but she found the
butter bitter/
So she bought a bit of
butter to make the bitter
butter better.
4. Identify whether each sentence is
declarative, interrogative, imperative or
exclamatory.
The teacher speaks clearly.
Turn on the radio.
Is there news about the hurricane?
Ms. Cruz feed the chicken.
How heavy the rainfall is!
5. What is a hobby?
What are your hobbies?
How does your hobby help
you?
6. 1.Karl collects shells.
2.Karl collects and sells
his collection.
3.Ysa and Princess make
dresses for their dolls.
4.Sherwin and Jazzer
collect poems and write
their own haikus.
7. What is a simple
sentence?
How do we form a
simple sentence?
8. A simple sentence has one
independent clause. An
independent clause has a
subject and a verb and
expresses one complete
thought.
9. A simple sentence can be formed
in four ways:
Simple Subject and Simple
Predicate
The food is packed in three ways.
13. •GROUP 1:
•Your group was asked by
your English teacher to
write a sentence
describing your family.
14. •GROUP 2:
•You talked among
yourselves about the
food served at your
school canteen.
15. •GROUP 3:
•When you arrived home,
you find out that your
father has just arrived
from the States.
16. GROUP 4:
Write 5 sentences
about the things that
you would love to do
during Christmas
17. Direction: Put a check (/) on the blank before
each number if the sentence tells a simple
sentence and cross (x) if it is not.
_____1. Big papayas are raised in that farm.
_____2. To get a good grade, you must finish
your project early.
_____3. We waited long hours at the bus
terminal.
_____ 4. Every day, I watch the incoming ships.
______5. Tricia and Allyson moved and
removed their furniture.
18. GOLD: Direction: Complete each simple
sentence with a compound predicate.
1.Our neighbor _________________.
2.The children at the plaza
_____________________.
3.The river behind our house
____________.
4.The trees at the forest ______________.
5.Plastics _________________________.
19. . ASSIGNMENT:
GOLD: Direction: Complete each simple
sentence with a compound subject.
1._______________ lent their bikes.
2._______________ rode around the park.
3._______________waved to us.
4.__________ scampered out of their way.
5.__________ looked on with amusement.
20. Knowing is not enough;
We must apply,
Willing is not enough,
We must do!