Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Grammar and
Sentences
- Simple Sentences
- And one subject
- Contains one independent
clause
- Examples:
- I see a brown Bear
- Canada is a rich
country
- We use simple sentences
because
- Simple sentences help us communicate
clearly, and help us make important
points. Sometimes, they can can have big
affects on pieces of writing because of the
info they provide
- Compound
Sentences
- Has more than one
independent clause
- The independent
clauses can be joined
by conjunctions
- Examples:
- He did not want to go
to school, but he went
anyways
- It's hot, and we no
ice cream in the fridge
- Compound sentences help
make our writing less choppy.
Without compound sentences,
most of our writing would be
full of small sentences, and
would be very boring.
- Complex
Sentences
- Contains one
independent caluse
- And one
dependent clause
- Example:
- When she was a little girl, she
believed in fairy tales
- After the storm passed, the
rainbow appeared.
- Complex sentences help convey clarity to
the reader and completes the sentence.
Dependent clauses don't fully express the
subject, so adding the independent clause
gives the sentence a meaning.
- Conjunctions
- Words that help connect
two phrases together
- To help remember
conjunctions, use FANBOY:
For, Or, Nor, But, Or, and Yet
- Conjunctions are important to
use because instead of making
multiple sentences in a piece of
writing, they help put them
together.
- Independent Clauses
- Can stand alone as a
phrase
- Can express the subject
without needing details
- Example:
- Our planet
revolves around
the sun
- Independent clauses are helpful because they
are short and get right to the point. They are
not run-on sentences and help the reader
understand the meaning of the written
material.
- Dependent clauses
- Cannot stand alone as
a single phrase
- Cannot express a
complete thought
- Example:
- Since I don't have
enough money,
- Dependent clauses help us make
our writing more interesting. As you
know, these sentences cannot be be
expressed by themselves, and are
added to sentences to make them
more captivating.