Презентація на тему "Simple sentences"

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A sentence is a group of words which starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (.), question mark (?) or exclamation mark (!). For example…The boy climbed a tree. Can they speak Spanish?What a wonderful dress!There are mainly three kinds of sentences in English: simple, complex and compound.

A simple sentence has the most basic elements that make it a sentence: a subject, a verb, and a completed thought. Examples are given below…I looked for Mary and Samantha at the bus station. Joe waited for the train. The train was late. Mary and Samantha took the bus. Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station early but waited until noon for the bus.

To know what a completed thought is, let’s watch a video…

The classification of simple sentences is based on 2 principles:according to the purpose of the utterance:according to the structure.declarativeinterrogativeimperativeexclamatorytwo-member sentenceone-member sentence

Declarative sentence states a fact in the affirmative or negative way. The word order is the following: subject + predicate. There is one peculiarity of negative sentences: only one negation is possible within one English sentence. For example…For example…I walked down to the station with them. There is no time for me to hide anything. There was nothing of much importance in the attic.

Interrogative sentence asks question. The word order is the following: predicate + subject (inversion). There are 4 kinds of questions:general questions;special question;alternative questions;disjunctive questions.

General question requires the answer ‘yes/no’. It is formed by placing a part of predicate, namely auxiliary verb or modal verb, before the subject. For example…Do you think Bella beautiful?Can you show me that picture?If the predicate is expressed by means of the verbs ‘to be’ or ‘to have’, there is no auxiliary verb and the question is formed simply by means of inversion. For example…Were you here yesterday?

Special question begins with interrogative word. The word order is the following: interrogative word + auxiliary (modal) verb + subject + predicative. For example…What do you mean?How did you get there?When the interrogative word is the subject of the interrogative sentence or an attribute, the order of words is that of a statement. For example…Whose letter is in the postbox?Who was the Captain Cook?

Alternative question means choice. The word order is the same as in general questions. For example…Did you live in a tent or stay at the hotel?

Disjunctive question (tag question) consists of affirmative statement followed by a negative question or a negative statement followed by an affirmative question. For example…You feel sleepy, don’t you?You don’t suppose she’ll come, do you?

Imperative sentence expresses a command, a request, an invitation, etc. For example…Stand aside!Be quiet!

Exclamatory sentence expresses emotion or feeling. It often begins with the words ‘what’ and ‘how’. For example…What a beautiful dress!

Two-member sentence has subject and predicate (two main members of the sentence and even if one of them or both are missing, they can be easily understood from the context). Such sentences are often used in colloquial speech.complete – when there are both subject and predicate. For example…Her shallow secret nature was troubled.incomplete – when subject or predicate are missing. For example…When will you come? – Tomorrow. (We can easily reconstruct this sentence from incomplete to complete : I’ll come tomorrow).

One-member sentence has only one member which is neither subject nor predicate. Such sentences are used in descriptions. Often members of the sentence may be present or not. For example…Winter. Snow. Early evenings.

Both one-member and two-member sentences can be extended or unextended. Extended have principal + secondary members of the sentence (objects, attributes, adverbial modifiers). For example…He had lovely memories of her. Unextended have only principal members (subject and predicate). For example…He turned round.

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Thank everybody for your attention!!!Homework: to create a short story using simple sentences of ALL kinds!!! (NO LESS than 15 sentences)