English micro teach - created from Mind Map

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Simple sentences

Complex sentences

Compound sentences

Key words

Examples

One main verb and communicates one idea.

Hannah sang.

It was snowing.

James has been running.

John was acting.

The train was late.

I waited for Mary at the train station.

A sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses

Examples

The dinner was burnt because she has forgotten about it.

Although i'm not very good i enjoy playing football.

Examples

Two individual clauses joined by a conjunction. such as: and, but, so, or, for, nor, yet.

It was cold but we still went to town. Joins it was cold. We went to town.

James had been running and he was very hot.

It was snowing so we played outside.

I bought a card for my mums birthday.

Verb- describes and action, state or occurrence .

Clause- groups of words of words that form a sentence. Clauses must have a subject and a verb. There are two types of clauses:

Conjunction- joining word.

Subordinate clause- a clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause (e.g. ‘when it rang’ in ‘she answered the phone when it rang’).

independent - expresses a complete idea, ie a sentence, and makes sense all by itself

Dependent - does not express a complete idea, it is a part sentence, and does not make sense by itself).

Dependent clauses begin with a subordinating conjunction, eg who, when, while, that, because, since, although.