Thursday, April 21, 2011

How to construct sentences?

•Group of words which starts with a capital letter and ends with:
–full stop (.)
–question mark (?)
–exclamation mark (!).
•A sentence contains or implies:
–predicate and a subject.

Simple Sentences
Single subject and predicate
            Example:
            The brown dog with the red collar always barks loudly

Compound Sentences
More simple sentences combined using conjunction such as;
–And
–Or
–But
Examples:
I walked to the shops, but my husband drove

Complex Sentences
More than one thing or idea and have more than one verb in sentences.

Example:
 My mother likes dogs that don't bar






Examples
The boy climbed a tree.
The young boy climbed a tall tree.
The young boy quickly climbed a tall tree.


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