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English for Academic Studies (Workshop) Session 4: FragmentsSemester 1, 2009/10 ©PolyU HKCC1
Session 4: Fragments (Phrases and Clauses)Part A: Diagnostic Test
Identify and underline the sentence fragments (incomplete sentences) in thefollowing passage. Then, correct the sentence errors in the space between the lines.
In late February, Mr Donald Tsang, the Chief Executive of the HKSAR, introducedthe Three-Child Policy in order to solve the aging issue in Hong Kong. No one can denythat. There are many advantages for the Three-Child Policy. However, at the same time.People must consider various aspects before adopting the policy. Such as the society, theirchildren and themselves.First of all, married couples should think about their willingness and abilities of having children. If they don’t want to have a baby for whatever reason, they had betternot to have any. Otherwise, for those babies “accidentally” brought to the world. Theywould just suffer in their life. Being parents is not an easy task. Married couples shouldthink carefully if they have enough time to take care of their children. As parents areresponsible for the growth of their children. They need to ensure both their physical andmental health.Another point that young couples should consider is their financial position. Actually,the expense of raising a child is very high. Therefore, married people should have a stableincome and a reasonable financial position. In order to ensure their children to have ahigh quality of life.
English for Academic Studies (Workshop) Session 4: FragmentsSemester 1, 2009/10 ©PolyU HKCC2
Part B: Grammatical Sentences – Review Complete Sentence
A complete sentence consists of three components: (a) a subject, (b) a main verb, and(c) a complete thought.
A complete sentence can be very short as long as it has all the above components:
Example: John came.
Phrase
A phrase is a sequence of two or more words that cannot stand alone as a completesentence but only as a unit in one sentence.
Example: A presentation with interesting points.
Clause
A clause contains a subject and a main verb.
An independent clause is a complete sentence.
Example: Emily studied in the library
.
A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and beginswith subordinating conjunctions like
if
,
before
,
although
, etc.
Example: After she had finished all her classes.
SUBJECT MAIN VERB COMPLETE BY ITSELF?MAIN CLAUSE
(Independent)
SUBORDINATE CLAUSE
(Dependent - rely on theindependent clause for theirmeaning.)
PHRASE
Sentence Fragments
A sentence fragment is an
incomplete sentence
, lacking a subject, a verb, or acomplete thought.
In the above examples, a phrase and a dependent clause are sentence fragments.
To convert a phrase into a sentence, we may need to add a subject or verb.
Example: A presentation with interesting points.
A sentence fragment Revision: She delivered a presentation with interesting points.
English for Academic Studies (Workshop) Session 4: FragmentsSemester 1, 2009/10 ©PolyU HKCC3
To change a dependent clause into a sentence, we have to complete its meaning.
Example: After she had finished all her classes.
A sentence fragment Revision: After she had finished all her classes, Emily studied in the library.
Part C: Concept Boosting Exercises
Exercise C1:
Identify and underline the sentence fragments (incomplete sentences)in the following passage. Then, correct the sentence errors in the space betweenthe lines.
Although the policy of CMI (Chinese as the Medium of Instruction) has beenintroduced for years. Many students and their parents still think that the implementationof CMI will reduce the time for learning English. They believe it will affect students’English proficiency. However, this is just a misconception about the correlation betweenthe teaching medium and language learning. The teaching medium is only a tool to beused to impart knowledge. Rather than a means for language learning. In fact, Englishlearning is not confined to classroom but can be conducted in many other ways. Forexample, reading English newspapers, listening to English songs and watching Englishmovies or television programmes. In addition, schools can introduce other measures toboost students’ English competence. Such as hiring more native English teachers,reducing the class size for English lessons, and organising more English activities. Thesecan help students overcome their fear of learning English. Which in turn can improvetheir language ability.
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