Which of the following are sentences?

1. Is easy to meet people.

2. Stop!
3. I nervous when talking to people.
4. They arrived.
5. When they arrived after a long flight from Hong
Kong.
6. It’s easy
Sentences
Every sentence must have:
• A subject
• A verb

…and express a complete idea.

Sentence Parts
• Every sentence in English must have subject.
• A simple subject is a single noun or pronoun.
• The little dog in the house next door barks all day long.

• The complete subject is the simple subject and its

modifiers
• The little dog in the house next door barks all day long.
• To find the complete subject, find the verb, then ask Who?
or What?

• To find the simple subject , remove all modifying words

and phrases.

• The longest book that I have ever read is

War and Peace.
• Independent Clause (IC)
• I will do well in this course.
• An independent clause can stand alone as a full
sentence.

• Dependent Clause (DC)

• Because I understand the writing process.
• A dependent clause cannot stand alone.
• I will do well in this course because I understand the
writing process.
Subordinators
• An dependent clause is introduced by a subordinator

after before that when which

although even though though whenever while

as, just as how unless where who

as if if until wherever whom

as soon as since what whether whose

because so that      
IC or DC ?
• Globalization means more international travel.
• Jet lag affects most long distance travellers.
• Which is simply the urge to sleep at inappropriate times.
• During long journeys through time zones.
• Travel from east to west causes less jet lag than from
west to east.
 Which is the dependent clause?
Where is the subordinator?
• Because the cost of education is rising, many students
work part-time.
• Engineers, who have an aptitude for mechanics, must
also be artistic and imaginative.
• While the contractor follows the blueprint, the engineer
checks the construction in progress.
• Although it is a discipline which integrates several
disciplines, computer engineering is focused on
developing software and hardware.