English Second Language·Grammar & language usage · NSSCO 1.6
Sentence types, conjunctions & connectives
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Every good piece of writing is built one sentence at a time. In this lesson we learn what a sentence really is, meet the three types — simple, compound and complex — and get comfortable with the little joining words called conjunctions. Then we learn the connecting words that link whole ideas and paragraphs together, and how to repair sentences that have run on or been spliced with a comma. Slow, gentle, and fully worked on the board.
What you'll learn in this lesson
By the end you should be able to (NSSCO English Second Language 1.6):
- Explain that a sentence needs a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought, and tell a fragment from a complete sentence
- Identify and build a simple sentence (one independent clause)
- Build a compound sentence by joining two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) or a semicolon
- Build a complex sentence by joining an independent clause to a dependent clause with a subordinating conjunction
- Tell coordinating conjunctions apart from subordinating conjunctions and use each one correctly
- Use connectives for adding, contrasting, showing cause and effect, and sequencing, with correct commas
- Recognise and correct run-on sentences and comma splices
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