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
