BAHASA INGGRIS

MEETING 9
Sentence in English
 ESSENTIAL QUESTION (1)

What is a sentence?
 A Sentence is ...

A group of words that contains a

subject and a verb and expresses a
complete thought.
(Hogue, 2017)
 Some examples
Subject Verb
He is a student.
She is cooking some food.
They arrived yesterday.
Father goes to work at 8 a.m.
We will visit the museum.
 Some common errors that students
make when writing sentences:

There is no subject
Incorrect: Is very trustworthy.
Correct: He is very trustworthy.
 Some common errors that students
make when writing sentences:

There is no verb
Incorrect: The instructor intelligent.
Correct: The instructor is intelligent.
Some common errors that students make
when writing sentences:
The thought is not complete.
(Incorrect) When I finish my education.
(Correct) When I finish my education,
I will work for my uncle.
Types of sentences in English

1.Simple sentences
2.Compound sentences
3.Complex sentences
4.Compound-complex sentence
Simple Sentence

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 ESSENTIAL QUESTION (2)

What is a simple sentence?

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 Simple sentence is ...

A sentence that has one

subject-verb pair.
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 For example:
S V
I am a student.

S SV
My brother and I are completely different.
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 For example:
S V V
He walks or cycles to work.
S V V
They laughed and cried at the
same time.
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Some patterns for simple sentence:

SV
SSV
SSVV
SVV
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Thank you!