EJERCICIO 9.

1 NOTAS SIMPLE SENTENCE

PROFRA BLANCA VIANETH MARGARITA MORALES VARGAS

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Independent clause: An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence. It

contains a subject and a verb and is a complete idea.

o I like spaghetti.
o He reads many books.

Dependent clause: A dependent clause is not a complete sentence. It must be

attached to an independent clause to become complete. This is also known as a
subordinate clause.

o Although I like spaghetti,…

o Because he reads many books,…

Subject: A person, animal, place, thing, or concept that does an action. Determine the
subject in a sentence by asking the question “Who or what?”

o I like spaghetti.
o He reads many books.

Verb: Expresses what the person, animal, place, thing, or concept does. Determine
the verb in a sentence by asking the question “What was the action or what
happened?”

o I like spaghetti.
o He reads many books.
 o The movie is good. (The be verb is also sometimes referred to as a copula or a
linking verb. It links the subject, in this case "the movie," to the complement or
the predicate of the sentence, in this case, "good.")

Object: A person, animal, place, thing, or concept that receives the action. Determine
the object in a sentence by asking the question “The subject did what?” or “To
whom?/For whom?”

o I like spaghetti.
o He reads many books.

Prepositional Phrase: A phrase that begins with a preposition (i.e., in, at for, behind,
until, after, of, during) and modifies a word in the sentence. A prepositional phrase
answers one of many questions. Here are a few examples: “Where? When? In what
way?”

o I like spaghetti for dinner.

o He reads many books in the library.

Simple Sentences
A simple sentence contains a subject and a verb, and it may also have an object and
modifiers. However, it contains only one independent clause.
Key: Yellow, bold = subject; green underline = verb, blue, italics = object, pink, regular
font =prepositional phrase
Here are a few examples:

• She wrote.
• She completed her literature review.
• He organized his sources by theme.
• They studied APA rules for many hours.

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Simple Sentences

Exercise #1. Answer the following questions:

✔ What is an independent clause? Independent clause: An independent

clause can stand alone as a sentence. It contains a subject and a verb and is a
complete idea.

✔ What is a simple sentence? A simple sentence contains a subject and a

verb, and it may also have an object and modifiers. However, it contains only
one independent clause.
Exercise #2. Analyze the following questions, indicate which part is
the subject, the verb and the predicate.

1. Joe waited for the train.

2. The train was late.

3. Mary and Samantha took the bus.

4. She is a teacher.

5. I will study English at home.

6. I bought a brand-new phone.

7. Alexa doesn’t like onions.

8. Dogs are really friendly.
9. The teacher smiled and said goodbye.

10.My father cooked and cleaned the house today.

VIDEO 9.1 APUNTE

 MATERIAL 9.2

Writing an email
I. Answer the questions

1. Have you ever written an email?blanckmora@gmail.com

2. Have you ever received an email? yes received an email

3. Do you think it is important to write emails? Why? yes because you

have contact with people.

II. Read the following texts and chose the correct option.

a)
fb)

ERP

1. The firs text in a formal/informal e-mail.

2. The second text is a formal/informal e-mail.
 III. Read the text again and write T if the sentence is true or F if it is false

1. Emma is the sender of email a F

2. Ana didn’t pass the exam. F

3. Ana wants celebrate with Emma. T

4. Maciej Sobusiak wrote the email. T

5. Maciej Sobusiak and Mr. Dickinson’s relationship is

very friendly. T

6. The sender will work all week if it is necessary. T

IV. Look at the following phrases. Are they formal or informal?

Formal Informal

1-IM WRITING TO THANK YOU FOR 7-HI, CHARLOTTE

ALL YOUR HELP 8-BYE
2-REGARS 9-BAD NEWS, STEVE
3-IM LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING 10-SEE YOU NEXTWEEK
FROM YOU
4-MANY THANKS FOR YOU HELP
5-DEAR SIR/MADAM
6-IM AFRAID I HAVE SOME BAD
NEWS

ERP

V. Use phrases from exercise IV to complete this chart. Are they for
the opening, the body or the closing part?
Opening Body Closing
 1-HI, CHARLOTTE 4.-IM 7.-BYE
2.-REGARS WRITING TO 8.-SEEYOU
3.-DEAR SIR/MADAM THANK YOU NEXTWEEK
FOR -ALL 9.-IM LOOK
YOUR HELP FORWARD TO
5.-IM HEARING FROM YOU
AFRAID I
HAVE SOME
BAD NEWS
6.- BAD
NEWS,
STEVE

VI. Now is your turn! Chose one of the options of each part to write a formal or
an informal email (35-60 words)
A) FORMAL

1. You want to apply for information about working in Cambridge as

an English teacher.

2. You want to apply for a scholarship to travel abroad on an

international programme.

TIP: When we don't know who to write to, we say Dear Sir/Madam.

B) INFORMAL

1. A friend invited you to her wedding, write to confirm you are coming
and ask for details.

2. You want to congratulate a colleague for his birthday.

ERP

OPTION: INFORMAL
NUMBER:
HELLO FRIEND REGINA THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME I RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL I WARN YOU THAT
IF I ATTEND YOUR WEDDING IT WILL BE INCREDIBLE TO SHARE THOSE MOMENTS WITH YOU AND
HAVE A VERY GOOD TIME TOGETHER SINCE I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU GREETINGS. SEE YOU SOON.
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