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PRACTICE_ Syntax

Phrases:

The end of the road The success of the programme

Move towards the window A film about pollution
Repair the telephone

Simple Sentences:

My boss was very happy about her promotion. The teacher spoke to the boy with a smile.
He likes the boy He put the car into the garage.
The children put the toys in the box. Her children have gone to the movies.
Those guests should leave. You can use your credit card at the movies.
Maria never ate a brownie. The police examined a photograph of the
That shelf will fall. accident.
The glass broke. They arrested the suspect in the hotel.
The student lost the debate. Ralph has found the key to the cabinet.
The manager may offer a raise. My cat is very sick.
Jane hid the letter from Dan My sister is singing in the festival.
He likes raw vegetables and meat. My mother is baking a cake for my sister.

Compound Sentences:

I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English.

Alejandro played football, so Maria went shopping.
Alejandro played football, for Maria went shopping.

*A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators
are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

Complex Sentences:

The children laughed when the clown fell.

When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last page.
The teacher returned the homework after she noticed the error.
The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow.
After they finished studying Juan and Maria went to the movies.
Juan and Maria went to the movies after they finished studying.
The woman who called my mom sells cosmetics.
The book that Jonathan read is on the shelf.
The house which Abraham Lincoln was born in is still standing.
The town where I grew up is in the United States.

*A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A
complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a
relative pronoun such as that, who, or which.

Types of Subordinate Clause

Subject clauses Ex. What is done cannot be undone.

Predicative clause Ex. His proposal was that we should join the excursion.

Object clauses Ex. He knows what should be done

Attributive clauses Ex. He is a person, who always ready to help.

Adverbial clause
Of time; Of place; Of manner; Of cause; Of condition; Of concession; Of purpose; Of comparison
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