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Follow these directions:1.Get your literary
notebook and set up a Type 1.
2.Write down your homework in your assignment book.
Type 2:Which sentence includes a
dependent clause and which includes a prepositional phrase?
Explain how you know.
1. Before dinner, we wash our hands.2. Before we eat dinner, we wash our
hands.
Type 2:• Some subordinating conjunctions
(especially those expressing time) can also act as prepositions. – As prepositions, they introduce a
prepositional phrase without a subject and verb: • Before dinner, we wash our hands.• (prepositional phrase with no subject and verb)
– As conjunctions, they introduce a dependent clause containing a subject and verb:• Before we eat dinner, we wash our hands.• (dependent clause with subject we and verb eat)
Type 1:• Some words can be used as either
prepositions or as subordinating conjunctions:
• Example:– After the election, we celebrated.– After we won the election, we
celebrated.
–Which is which? How do you know?
NOTE:• Some words can be used as either
prepositions or as subordinating conjunctions:– After the election, we celebrated.• Prepositions begin prepositional phrases
which do not contain a subject and/or a predicate.
– After we won the election, we celebrated.• Subordinating conjunctions begin
dependent clauses which contain a subject and a predicate.
Today’s Grammar Lesson:• First, the bad news. . .
There are billions of sentences out there that we might have to understand.
• Next, the good news. . .All sentences fall into just four structures:
1. Simple Sentence2. Compound Sentence3. Complex Sentence4. Compound-Complex Sentence
Because you know clauses, you can form all four sentence structures.
Simple Sentence• A sentence with one
independent clause. –Note what the definition does not say. It
doesn't say that a simple sentence is short or easy to understand. It doesn't say anything about phrases. A simple sentence can have forty-seven phrases, but only one independent clause.
Simple Sentence• Let's look at an example:– I love simple sentences.• That's easy enough. It is obviously one
independent clause.
• Look at this:– I love to read simple sentences
upon getting up and before going to bed.• Amazingly, it's still a simple sentence. I am
piling on phrases, but the sentence still contains only one independent clause.
A Compound Sentence…• contains two or more independent
clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS).
• Example:– I love conjunctive adverbs, but my
students love video games. • The independent clauses are in green.
This sentence contains no dependent clauses.• Don’t forget the comma!
Sometimes a compound sentence…
• contains two independent clauses joined with a semicolon.– Example: I love conjunctive adverbs; my
students love video games.
• uses a conjunctive adverb to link two independent clauses:– Example: I can name several conjunctive
adverbs; consequently, my friends are impressed.
Conjunctive Adverbs• also• anyway• besides• consequentl
y• finally• furthermore• however• incidentally
• indeed• instead• likewise• meanwhile• moreover• nevertheless• next• nonetheless• otherwise
• still• then• therefore• thus
Proper Punctuation:How do you punctuate a compound sentence that uses a conjunctive adverb?
• We should leave early otherwise we will miss the start of the movie.
• CORRECT: We should leave early; otherwise, we will miss the start of the movie.
A Complex Sentence…• contains one independent clause and
one or more dependent clause.
– Example: Because life is complex, we need complex sentences. • The independent clause is in green. • The dependent clause is in italicized pink.
– Example: Because people know that I am an English teacher, they make allowances for how I dress and what I say.• The independent clause is in green. • This sentence contains four dependent clauses indicated by
pink italics.– Two of the dependent clauses are inside of and part of the
independent clause. Don't be alarmed. That happens all the time.
A Compound – Complex sentence..• Contains two or more independent clauses and
one or more dependent clauses. • Example:
– Because I am an English teacher, some people expect me to speak perfectly, and other people expect me to write perfectly.• The dependent clause is in italicized pink, and the
independent clauses are in green.• Example:
– Some people tell me that my grading is too tough, and others tell me that my assignments are boring. • The independent clauses are in green. • The dependent clauses are italicized pink.
– Note that the dependent clauses occur within the independent clauses. It often happens.
Label Sentence Structure:S = simple CD = compound CX = complex CC = compound-complex
1. Americans eat more bananas than they eat any other fruit.2. Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon host late-night talk shows.3. Even though the sun is a star, it knows how to change back to the
sun in the daytime.4. I planned to drive to work, but I couldn't until the mechanic
repaired my car.5. My twelve-month-old son toasts and butters his bagel.6. Mushrooms grow in damp places, so they look like tiny umbrellas. 7. Many dead animals of the past changed to oil while others
preferred to be gas.8. Parallel lines never meet until you bend one of them.9. The largest mammals are found in the sea; there's nowhere else to
put them.10. When the heat comes, the lakes dry up, and farmers know the
crops will fail.
Label Sentence Structure:1. CX Americans eat more bananas than they eat any other fruit.2. S Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon host late-night talk shows.3. CX Even though the sun is a star, it knows how to change back
to the sun in the daytime.4. CC I planned to drive to work, but I couldn't until the mechanic
repaired my car.5. S My twelve-month-old son toasts and butters his bagel.6. CD Mushrooms grow in damp places, so they look like tiny
umbrellas. 7. CX Many dead animals of the past changed to oil while others
preferred to be gas.8. CX Parallel lines never meet until you bend one of them.9. CD The largest mammals are found in the sea; there's nowhere
else to put them.10. CC When the heat comes, the lakes dry up, and farmers know
the crops will fail.