Writing 1
Writing 1
Writing 1
Grammatical errors and poor sentence structure can tear your writing
apart. You’ll only need a subject and predicate to form a complete
sentence but adding other parts to your sentence can give it description
and complexity. Learn what the parts of a sentence are and how you can
use them to elevate your writing.
What is a sentence?
a- Subject
The subject of a sentence tells your reader who or what the sentence is
about. This can be a person, pronoun, place, or thing. There are typically
three types of subjects you can use in your writing.
Exercise:1
Underline the subject in each sentence and decide whether its asimple,
compound or complete:
c- Objects
Although you only need a subject and predicate to form a complete
sentence, there are other parts of a sentence that you can use to beef up
your writing. Direct and indirect objects are nouns that follow your
predicate and describe what or who the subject took the action upon.
Consider these examples:
Lisa bought shoes. This sentence uses a direct object to describe what
Lisa bought.
He gave his sister a hug. This example includes a direct object, a hug,
and an indirect object, his sister. The direct object describes what he
gave, and the indirect object describes who he gave it to.
d- Complements
There are two types of complements you can use to add description to
your sentences. These complements describe your subject or object. They
are typically nouns, pronouns, phrases, or adjectives and follow the verb.
For example, you could write:
e- Modifiers
The modifiers you use in your sentences are adjectives and adverbs that
describe your subject or predicate. While they’re not required parts of a
sentence, they do add layers to your writing. For example, you could
write:
The big dog jumped on my bed. In this example, big describes the dog.
They walked slowly. Slowly describes how the subjects are walking.
Exercise 2
Types of sentence
Experienced writers use a variety of sentences to make their writing
interesting and lively. Too many simple sentences, for example, will
make your writing sound choppy and immature while too many long
sentences will make your writing difficult to read and hard to understand.
This handout explains three different types of sentences: simple,
compound, and complex.
Before we begin, there are a few terms that need to be defined:
Ex: dog, school, A person, place, thing, or idea Noun
rubber ducky
Ex: jumped, felt, are, An action or state of being Verb
were
Ex: The yellow puppy A noun or set of words that acts out Subject
the verb
Ex: The yellow puppy A structure that has a subject and a Clause
barked. verb
Ex: The yellow A structure that has a subject and Independent
puppy barked at the verb. It expresses a complete idea Clause
black cat. that can stand alone.
Ex: When the A structure that has a subject and a Dependent
yellow puppy barked verb but does not express a complete Clause
thought. It cannot stand alone
Ex: The yellow puppy A word that connects words, phrases, Coordinating
barked, and the black or clauses (for, or, and, yet, nor, so, conjunctions
cat jumped. but)
Ex: After the yellow A word that connects an independent Subordinatin
puppy barked, the clause to a dependent clause g
black cat jumped. conjunctions
1. I did not know that this food was meant only for the staff.
3. If you are not ready with the song, it is better to let them know.
Subordinate Clause – That this food was meant only for the staff
3. If you are not ready with the song, it is better to let them know.