Sentence writing :D

Today is busy day because I have a lot of activity. I went to campus at 06.30 . when i came to campus i met my friend and we talked about midterm test  speaking class. And she asked me,” what class do you have today?”  I said “today I have writing class and critical reading class until 01.00 pm”. And then my friend went to her class and I went to my class. My  first class is writing class :D Sometimes I got confused to understand  sentences, but I try to find out the sentences in oxford dictionary for grammaticaly. Today we have learned about sentences : what is clause, what is phrase, what is independent clause or dependent clause, what is simple sentence, what is compound sentence and  I want to review about them..

1.What is clause?

Clause a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.

Ø  Two kinds of clauses : independent clause and dependent clause.

Ø  Independent clause, a group of words contains a subject and a verb. It expresses a complete thought and it can stand alone as a sentence by it self.

Ø  Dependent clause, a group of words it begins with subordinator, such as when, while, if, etc. it doesn’t express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence by it self.

2. What is phrase?

Phrase a group of words without subject and verb.

Ø  Noun phrase : Nile River, The old Chair

Ø  Prepotional phrase : At home

Ø  Adjective phrase : In the world

3. What is sentence?

Sentence a group of words contains a subject and a verb. It begins with capital letter and ends with period. It used to communicate ideas.

4. What is simple sentence?

Simple sentence a group of words consists of one subject and one verb (independent clause). But sometimes, simple sentence consist of two subjects and two verbs.

Examples :

v  I enjoy swimming with my sister every weekend.

v  Sarah read and write  story in her notebook every day.

v  My mother and I play tennis and go shopping every week.

5. What is compound sentence?

Compound sentence it is related to two or more independent clause joined together.

3     ways to identify compound sentence :

1. Coordinators FANBOYS :

v  for ( showing reason)

v  and (showing similar idea)

v  nor (showing negative)

v  but (showing contrasting idea)

v  or (showing alternative possibilities)

v  yet (showing contrasting idea)

v  so (showing the result)

2. subordinator adverb : moreover, however, otherwise, etc.

3. use semicolon

Examples :

1.     I forgot to study last night, so I got bad score for grammar midterm test.

2.    I got bad score for midterm test, for I forgot study last night.

3.    I forgot to study last night ;  therefore, I got bad score for grammar midterm test.

Okey so far I already understand and recognize sentences. And I want practice a lot and practice because practice is everything!!  see you… :D