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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Janette Spinks Susan Johnson Nutrition Report 9 May 2002 Vegetarianism and Cancer Being a vegetarian is becoming more and more popular in today’s society with the need to be politically correct. As doctors look further in to this lifestyle they are finding more and more benefits to a person being a vegetarian. In an article entitled "Vegetarian Diets During Cancer Treatment" written by Donna Paglia‚ M.S.‚ R.D. discuss the benefits to being a vegetarian as far as cancer goes. Within
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Interest Rates Write two paragraphs with about how interest rate affects our purchasing decisions. Paragraph One Changes in interest rates can have positive and negatives effects. According with the interest rate that we have is the amount of money that we are going to paid every month for a loan. If we have a high interest rate we have a high monthly payment‚ and we need to make sure that we can afford that. If we have a low interest rate our monthly payment is less. If the
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1. Indeterminate sentence is a fixed minimum and maximum term of incarceration‚ rather than a set period. For example‚ a defendant is sentence to 20 to 30 years in prison. That defendant is obligated to do more than 20 and less than 30 years in prison. Only the parole board truly knows how much time that defendant will served once their eligible for parole. In difference‚ determinate sentence is a set period of incarceration. There’s no chance of parole‚ once the sentence is given‚ that is the
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Experienced writers use a variety of sentences to make their writing interesting and lively. Too many simple sentences‚ for example‚ will sound choppy and immature while too many long sentences will be difficult to read and hard to understand. This page contains definitions of simple‚ compound‚ and complex sentences with many simple examples. The purpose of these examples is to help the ESL/EFL learner to identify sentence basics including identification of sentences in the short quizzes that follow
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KRISHNA NAGAR‚ DELHI - 110 051 FAX : 011-22091791; EMAIL : progress.india@vsnl.com Key to An Easy Approach to COMPOSITION and GRAMMAR 82 Key to An Easy Approach to Gram. & Comp. 8 1. WORDS‚ PHRASES & SENTENCES Ex 1 : Write ‘P’ against a phrase‚ ‘C’ against a clause and ‘S’ against a sentence. 1. A backing sound P 2. Sat on a wall C 3. Fond of Music P 4. Delhi is a big city. S 5. Rats are not found here. S 6. Plastic is very durable. S 7. A fair little girl P 8. He pays the debt. C 9. While it
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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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Sentence Stress in English In dialogues 1 to 8‚ fill in the blank spaces with the correct sentence A-H from the column on the right. Then practice the dialogues with a classmate. 1. A. Where did you get these flowers from? The cemetery? B. Yes.... A. You weren’t supposed to steal them! __________D________ 2. A. Here are the flowers Bob asked me to get. B. Eh? Bob didn’t say anything‚ _________A________ 3. A. Why do these roses have your mother’sname on them? B. I got them
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answer from me it ’s because I kno Questions 1 to 20 Select the best answer to each question. Resolved Question: Type Your Question Here... Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. 1. Which one of the following sentences contains an unnecessary word? A. Why don ’t you leave before the crowd arrives? B. The snake raised up its head and struck. Ryan is online now C. She left early‚ though he told her not to. D. Rich was angry‚ but he concealed his feelings
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Correcting Sentence Errors The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals: 21st Century Skills—You will communicate effectively. Directions Please save this document before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. _________________________________________________________________________ Self-Checked Activities 1. Repairing Sentence Fragments a. Look at the following examples of phrases. How could each of these phrases become
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