English Second Language (AS)·3 · Grammar & Language Usage · NSSCAS 5.3.6
Complex sentences, accuracy & punctuation for a mature style
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The top Language band rewards complex sentence patterns with very few minor errors. Miss Veronica shows you exactly how to build them, rank your ideas with subordination, vary your rhythm, and punctuate on purpose.
What you'll learn in this lesson
By the end you should be able to (NSSCAS English Second Language (AS) 5.3.6):
- Learners should be able to identify simple, compound and complex sentences and explain how each is built.
- Learners should be able to combine simple sentences into compound and then complex sentences using although, because, while, which and when.
- Learners should be able to use subordination to rank ideas, placing the main idea in the main clause.
- Learners should be able to vary sentence length and type deliberately to create a mature rhythm and effect.
- Learners should be able to maintain subject–verb agreement and tense consistency in extended writing.
- Learners should be able to use the comma, semicolon, colon and apostrophe accurately, and explain the job each one does.
- Learners should be able to recognise a comma splice or run-on and correct it in three different ways.
- Learners should be able to comment on how a writer uses punctuation and sentence length for effect.
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