Description TYPE OF SENTENCES Preview TYPE OF SENTENCES SIMPLE SENTENCE COMPOUND SENTENCE COMPLEX SENTENCE DEFINITION A simple sentence‚ also called an independent clause‚ contains a subject and a verb‚ and it expresses a complete thought. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for‚ and‚ nor‚ but‚ or‚ yet‚ so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences‚ coordinators
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4 Activity Title: Sentence Activity Introduction: A sentence is a grammatical unit consisting of one or more words that are grammatically linked. A sentence can include words grouped meaningfully to express a statement‚ question‚ exclamation‚ request‚ command or suggestion. As with all language expressions‚ sentences might contain function and content words and contain properties distinct to natural language‚ such as characteristic intonation and timing patterns. Sentences are generally characterized
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face of racism and often speaks about it through his works about the prejudice that is accepted and current in America’s past and present. One of his poems‚ “Capital Punishment‚” is a narration of a cook preparing the last meal for an “Indian killer.” Within its fifty-eight of mostly two-line stanzas‚ themes of race and capital punishment emerge from the poem. The narrator says that “It’s mostly the dark ones/ who are forced to sit in the chair/ especially when white people die” (lines 6-8)‚ indicating
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’’I support the death penalty because I believe‚ if administered swiftly and justly‚ capital punishment is a deterrent against future violence and will save other innocent lives.’’ Those were words of the 43rd President of the United States‚ George Walker Bush. Capital Punishment is a controvercial issue in the present-day world. This turbulent dispute whether the punishment should be retained or not has been going on for years. Since the begining of the human history‚ at first‚ people have been
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Position Paper #1 September 12‚ 2013 The issue stated is‚ does punishment really work? If so‚ what types of punishments? What types of punishments are least effective? Starting out by observing what punishment is‚ will help out best. Punishment is a certain consequence that an individual may face to reduce the behavior from occurring. While punishment can be effective in some cases‚ you can probably think of a few examples of when punishment does not reduce a behavior. Prison is one example. After being
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ISC 2009 Class X -English Question paper General Instructions: 1. Attempt all four question. 2. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets. 3. You are advised to spend not more than 35 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in answering Question 2. Question 1 (Do not spend more than 35 minutes on this question). Write a composition (350 – 400 words) on any one of the following:- (25 Marks) 1. Recall a remarkable event of social importance in your city or
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In grammar‚ a complex sentence is a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. A complex sentence is often used to make clear which ideas are most important‚ and which ideas are subordinate.[1] A complex sentence is made from an independent clause and a dependent clause joined together.Some examples:After I came home‚ I made dinner.(dependent clause: "After I came home")(indpendent clause: I made dinner)We visited the museum before it closed.(dependent clause: before
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Mohamed Hatab‚Ibraheem Sattour‚Rahim Fazil‚Tarik Ahroui Simple sentences‚compound sentences‚complex sentences‚compound complex sentences Simple sentence:Contains a subject a predicate‚and expresses a complete thought Ex.Some students like to study in the morning Identify the subject and predicate in these simple sentences Ex.1 1.Bill and Bob auditioned for the lead role in the play. 2.The kittens were adopted by the family. 3.Peanut butter
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______________________________________________________________________________ Student’s name : Test A Exercise 1. Put in semicolons‚ colons‚ dashes‚ quotation marks‚ Italics (use an underline)‚ and parentheses where ever they are needed in the following sentences. 1. The men in question Harold Keene‚ Jim Peterson‚ and Gerald Greene deserve awards. 2. Several countries participated in the airlift Italy‚ Belgium‚ France‚ and Luxembourg. 3. Only one course was open to us surrender‚ said the ex-major‚ and
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Capital Punishment is always wrong‚ do you agree? A Christian would agree as they believe all life is sacred and only god can choose when your life ends‚ he will punish you in hell for your sins and it is not the place of the government to decide whether you are killed or not. This is because in the bible it says “Do not kill” which is one of the Ten Commandments which are not to be disobeyed‚ they also believe in forgiveness and love which are the fundamentals of their religion therefore criminals
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