Introduction to Sentence Combining - Sentence Combining Exercises
This exercise will introduce you to sentence combining--that is, organizing sets of short, choppy sentences into longer, more effective ones. However, the goal of sentence combining is not to produce longer sentences but rather to develop more effective sentences--and to help you become a more versatile writer. Sentence combining calls on you to experiment with different methods of putting words together. Because there are countless ways to build sentences, your goal is not to find the one "correct" combination but to consider different arrangements before you decide which one is the most effective. An Example of Sentence Combining Let's consider an example. She was our Latin teacher. Have you succeeded in combining the sentences? Our Latin teacher in high school was a tiny woman. If you're curious, here is the sentence that served as the original model for this little combining exercise: Evaluating Sentence Combinations Meaning. Sentence Building Exercises: Sentence Combining Exercises:
English Grammar -- Parts of Speech -- Sentence Structures
Here we will practice building effective sentences. After reviewing the basic parts of speech, we'll work with more advanced structures: adjective and adverb clauses, appositives, participial phrases, and absolutes. Finally, we will focus on ways to correct some common problems (fragments and run-ons) to ensure that our sentences are clear and complete. What Is Grammar?" Ten Types of GrammarSo you think you know grammar? W. Why Does Grammar Matter? Why Should We Study English Grammar? What Works in Teaching GrammarIn her book "Grammar to Enrich and Enhance Writing," Constance Weaver delivers on her promise to offer a text that's "more comprehensive, more reader friendly, and more concretely focused on teachers' practical needs." 100 Key Grammatical TermsDrawn from our extensive Glossary of Grammatical and Rhetorical Terms, this collection provides a quick review of the basic terminology used in the study of traditional English grammar. What Is Sentence Combining and How Does It Work?
Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex
A common weakness in writing is the lack of varied sentences. Becoming aware of three general types of sentences--simple, compound, and complex--can help you vary the sentences in your writing. The most effective writing uses a variety of the sentence types explained below. 1. Simple Sentences A simple sentence has the most basic elements that make it a sentence: a subject, a verb, and a completed thought. Examples of simple sentences include the following: Joe waited for the train. Tip: If you use many simple sentences in an essay, you should consider revising some of the sentences into compound or complex sentences (explained below). The use of compound subjects, compound verbs, prepositional phrases (such as "at the bus station"), and other elements help lengthen simple sentences, but simple sentences often are short. A simple sentence can also be referred to as an independent clause. 2. ForAndNorButOrYetSo Examples of compound sentences include the following: 3. Watch It!
Sentence Builder Program: Free program for writing sentences
The Sentence Builder Program is a free, comprehensive 108 page resource that will help your children to learn to construct grammatically correct sentences. This program uses a combination of oral language stimulation techniques, scaffolded contextual cues, phonemic awareness cues and written language exercises to facilitate students’ awareness of phrase, sentence, and grammatical structures. These skills are developed to help scaffold students’ ability to learn to read and spell new words. The Sentence Builder program features seven chapters: 1. The Sentence Builder program is limited to students learning 30 unique phrases and 38 individual words. Once students have had the opportunity to learn the programs words and phrases, they will have increased confidence when combining the target phrases to form, read and eventually write grammatically correct and original sentences. Example of a Typical Session The words Charlie was able to identify were a, the, at, on and is. Clinician: ‘Well done.
English Grammar Explanations - Questions and tags
To ask a question in English you must usually use one of the auxiliary verbs (be, do, have) or a modal verb such as can, will, may. If you are expecting a yes/no answer, then the question starts with the auxiliary or modal. Here are some examples: Is she Japanese? If you want more information than a simple yes/no answer, you must ask a question starting with one of the following question words: what, where, when, why, which, who(m), whose, how. What did you say? * Note that questions starting with the question words what/who/whose do not need an auxiliary verb in the simple present or past. The questions what, which, whose are often followed by a noun (before the auxiliary/modal). What time must we be there? Do a quiz on question words. We quite often want to ask a question containing a preposition. Who did you go to the party with? Note: It is possible to begin questions with the preposition. It's a lovely day today, isn't it? If the statement is negative, the tag must be positive.
Writing and Spelling
Introduction: Writing & Spelling Funding for the Reading Rockets Launching Young Readers series was provided by the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. Vivica Fox: Hi, I'm Vivica Fox. When I was growing up in Indianapolis, I loved to write. I used to write about moving to California and becoming a star. Vivica: Now, here is a surprising fact. Spelling Patterns (Charlottesville, Virginia) At the Johnson School in Charlottesville, Virginia, you've got to run pretty fast to keep up with the Instructional Coordinator, Dr. Dr. She directs the school's home-grown reading program called RISE: Reading Initiative for Student Excellence. Dr. Every morning, kids regroup across grade levels for 90 minute of reading instruction. Announcer voice: "Please dismiss all students to RISE." Teachers can focus on a narrow range of skills because groups are based on reading achievement. These kids are about to find out that spelling makes sense. Dr. Dr. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms.
ATP: Test of Written Language - 4 (TOWL-4)
Authors: Donald D. Hammill, EdD / Stephen C. Larsen, PhD Written ExpressionIndividual / Group AdministrationAges 9-0 through 17-11Norm-ReferencedQualification Level B Description The fourth edition of Test of Written Language (TOWL-4) is a norm-referenced, comprehensive diagnostic test of written expression that may be used to: identify students who write poorly; determine students' particular strengths and weaknesses in various writing abilities; document students' progress in special writing programs; measure writing for research. The TOWL-4 features new colored stimulus pictures and has two forms (Form A and Form B), each of which represents conventional, linguistic, and conceptual aspects of writing. Administration and Scoring The TOWL-4 can be administered to individuals or groups in 60-90 minutes.
