Sentences and Clauses by Stanley Torres https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al Advanced English en-us 2021-09-18 01:06:45 UTC 2023-05-20 02:36:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f913.png What is a sentence? gomezmely9912 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1750874810 A sentence is a group of words that express a complete thought or idea. ]]> 2021-09-18 21:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1750874810 Types of sentences: gomezmely9912 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1750886471 1. A simple sentence is an independent clause with complete meaning. An example, My mom is working right now.]]> 2021-09-18 21:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1750886471 The parts of a sentence are: gomezmely9912 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1750888632 Subject, verb, complement
An example: I love my brother.
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]]> 2021-09-18 21:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1750888632 gomezmely9912 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1750890327 2. A Compound sentence is the union of two independent sentences by a coordinating conjunction. Examples of conjunctions are: and, yet, so, but. An example I am a good student, but I am a little lazy.]]> 2021-09-18 21:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1750890327 A short quiz gomezmely9912 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1750894722 http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/satzType.htm]]> 2021-09-18 21:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1750894722 3. Complex sentences glds4622 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1751082000 A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.]]> 2021-09-19 02:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1751082000 4. Compound-complex sentences glds4622 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1751107475 A compound-complex sentence contains multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. These sentences will contain both conjunctions and subordinators.]]> 2021-09-19 03:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1751107475 What is a clause? glds4622 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1751115969 A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a verb. Although a clause can sometimes act as a sentence since it contains both a subject and a verb, it is not necessarily a complete sentence.]]> 2021-09-19 03:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1751115969 Multi-clause sentences glds4622 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1751121510 Example: The restaurant sells burgers that are big and juicy.
In multi-clause sentences, the main clause (or clauses) 
conveys the key information:
The restaurant sells burgers.
Subsidiary clauses provide additional information that relates to the main clause:
That are big and juicy.
]]> 2021-09-19 03:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1751121510 To link clauses in a multi-clause sentence: glds4622 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1751128362 1.Use linkers such as however, because, although, while, etc.

]]> 2021-09-19 03:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1751128362 Compound- Complex Sentences Video glds4622 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1751134991 2021-09-19 03:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1751134991 Omit subject pronouns and the verb to be EdTech003 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1752382515 Examples: 
-The big mac is a big hit in most countries, and it is bigger 
than almost anything else
]]> 2021-09-19 21:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1752382515 Use present participle clauses to replace active verb phrases and the subject EdTech003 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1752385705 They had opened the restaurant out into the garden and they had created a very relaxed atmosphere]]> 2021-09-19 21:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1752385705 Use past participle clauses to replace passive verb forms EdTech003 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1752392693 A participle clause is a dependent clause which uses a participle form of a verb. 
These clauses are used to avoid making sentences overly complicated. 
They are used mainly in written English and they allow us to convey a great deal of information in a shorter form.

Examples: 
-The food (which was) prepared with loving care, was truly delicious.
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-Shocked by the explosion, the people ran for shelter.
(The people were shocked by the explosion and ran for shelter)
]]> 2021-09-19 21:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1752392693 Use relative clauses. EdTech003 https://padlet.com/EdTech003/vyqgnr1l4usuh7al/wish/1752395556 Relatives clauses are those that exercise the function of subordinate with respect to a main sentence, adding more information about a thing or a person that had already been mentioned before.

Examples:
-They sell burgers. The burgers are freshly made on the premises.
- They sell burgers that are freshly made on the premises.
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