TYPES OF SENTENCES

UNIVERSIDAD DE LOSANDES
PROFESSOR: MAURICIO BUITRAGO
ENGLISH 6
 1. SIMPLE SENTENCES
Subject + Verb

Check the following sentences:

• All languages have different dialects and accents.

• There are strong political views among students in the university.

• A recent research showed the influence of our diet in our brain.

• The Mars rover could find some intergalactic bacteria.

• Tectonic plates haven’t been moving all the time.

 1. SIMPLE SENTENCES
Subject + (frequency adverb) + Verb
Subject + (prepositinal phrase) + Verb
Check the following sentences:

• Our physics teacher always asked us not to memorize equations.

• Cooperation between passengers is essential to improve Transmilenio.

• The new player of our team showed great skills with the ball.

• Many subjects in our current curruculum should remain online from now on.

• Creoles ususally emerged from the mingling of different communities.

 1. SIMPLE SENTENCES
Subject + (frequency adverb) + Verb
Subject + (prepositinal phrase) + Verb
Check the following sentences:

• Our physics teacher always asked us not to memorize equations.

• Cooperation between passengers is essential to improve Transmilenio.

• The new player of our team showed great skills with the ball.

• Many subjects in our current curruculum should remain online from now on.

• Creoles ususally emerged from the mingling of different communities.

 PREPOSITIONS

This is the list of the most

common prepositions in the
English language. Take it
into account to create and
understand prepositional
phrases.
 TRANSITION EXPRESSIONS

They are words or short expressions that allow us to announce our intention within the text or speech act. They help
us link two simple sentences.

• John is a great student, however, he failed the final exam.

• Colombian Spanish has many dialects; in fact, there are more than 15 of them.

It is essential to use the punctuation pattern (comma) in written form, and the corresponding pause in spoken
language right after the transition expression.
TRANSITION EXPRESSIONS
 1. SIMPLE SENTENCES
Transition, subject + verb
Transition, subject + (pf / fa) + verb
Check the following sentences:

In one single sentence:

• Fortunately, the plane landed with no difficulties.
• To sum up, this research on metheorites has created new hypotheses about alien life.

Joining two ideas/sentences

• The CEO approved the new project; thus, we will find new more valuable data.
• He pled guilty; as a result, the judge of the case can reduce his sentence.
 2. COMPOUND SENTENCES
subject + verb <connector> subject + verb

• Compound sentences are basically two simple sentences linked by a connector.

• Connectors and transitions are different. They have different punctuation patterns.

Check the following examples:

• The CEO approved the new project because she found it really interesitng.

• The judge of the case won’t reduce his sentence unless he pleads guilty.

• Many things will start working the same way as before as soon as the vaccine is ready.
CONNECTORS
 2. COMPOUND SENTENCES
Connector subject + verb <comma> subject + verb

Check the following sentences:

,
• Since she found the project so interesting the CEO approved it with no hesitation.

,
• Unless he pleads guilty the judge of the case won’t reduce the sentence.

,
• As soon as the vaccine is ready many things will start working the same way as before.
 2. COMPOUND SENTENCES
subject + verb, conjunction subject + verb

CONJUNCTIONS
and // or // so // but // that*

Check the following examples:

• Robot translators can be more accurate now, but they still miss some aspects.

• We exceeded expectations with our class project, so we will turn it into a new business.

• Bill Gates didn’t know that* his small garage would be the first office of an emporium.
 EXERCISE 1
Punctuation

THE AZTEC EMPIRE

The aztec empire operated in what is today Mexico in the 1300s-1500s although the aztecs shared
much technology with bronze-age civilizations they were incredibly scientifically advanced in certain
areas such as astronomy which drove them to create a very accurate calendar additionally they had their
own writing system and they performed feats of architecture which would be difficult to replicate even
with modern technology the aztecs worked gold into statues as well in fact that they could invent all
these things independently from the Old World is remarkable on the other hand the aztec empire was
predated by a series of city-states in other words their city-states fought each other regularly but no one
was able to gain the upper hand as a consequence in 1250 AD the mexica people migrated into the area
and founded the city of tenochtitlan on the site of where mexico city stands today
EXERCISE 2
Identifying subjects + verbs
 EXERCISE 3
Identifying transitions, conjunctions, and connectors
 FINAL EXERCISE

GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK AND DO THE CORRESPONDING

EXERCISE

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