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Faculty of letters Department of English English studies
Writing Paragraphs Kesbi
I.
Expanding
sentences
A complete sentence must have a
subject part and a predicate part.
However, some complete sentences give only a little information.
Read these sentences.
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The
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Scientists
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A new planet appeared.
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Scientist
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Adjective, adverbs and prepositional phrases can make sentences more
descriptive and specific.
1. Exercise A
Write each
sentence. Add an adjective, adverb or a
prepositional phrase in the places shown in the parentheses.
1)
Charley
told me about his (adjective) dog, Max.
2)
Max is a
(adverb) smart dog.
3)
It’ll
carry things (phrase).
2.
Exercise
B
Add adjectives, adverbs and
prepositional phrases to the sentences below.
1)
The girls
stood.
2)
The woman
waved.
3)
The crowd
cheered.
3. Exercise C
Write three
descriptive sentences about three animals.
Use adjective, adverbs and prepositional phrases.
II Combining
sentences
II a Combining
subjects and predicates
Sentences with the same
predicate or with the same subject can often be combined into one sentence.
1)
Exercise
A
Use the common predicate or
subject to combine the sets of sentences.
1.
José likes
to fish. His sister likes to fish.
2. Flora caught two fish. Flora
cleaned two fish.
3.
Their
mother enjoys fishing. Their father
enjoys fishing.
4. Flora
squeezed lemons. Flora made
lemonade.
II b Combining with adjectives, adverbs and
phrases
Exercise Combine each group of
sentences into one sentence.
1.
It was a
cool day. It was a windy day. It was a cloudy day.
2.
The beach
was deserted. The beach was sandy. The beach was large.
3.
The man jogged. The man jogged slowly. The man jogged near the shore.
4.
The runner threw a
stick. The stick was wooden. The stick was for the dog.
II.c Combining sentences
Sometimes two
sentences with related ideas can be combined into a compound sentence.
Exercise
Use the conjunction in parentheses and a
comma to combine each pair of related sentences.
1.
Was there one writer named
Mark Twain? Did two writers share that
name? (or)
2.
The author of Huckleberry Finn called himself Mark
Twain. There was apparently another
writer of the same name. (but)
3.
Mark Twain was the “pen
name” of Samuel Clemens. It was also the
name used by another writer. (but)
II.d Combining
sentences in other ways
You can
sometimes combine two sentences by changing one of the sentences into an
appositive or into a prepositional phrase.
Exercise A Combine each set of
sentences by making one of the sentences into an appositive. Be sure to use commas to set off the
appositive.
Example: Jacqueline flew many types of planes. She was a famous pilot.
Jacqueline, a famous pilot,
flew many types of planes.
1.
Jacqueline set many
records. She was an expert pilot.
2.
Jacqueline grew up in a
foster home. She was an orphan.
3.
She flew a fighter plane in
1936. It was the Starfighter.
Exercise B Use a prepositional
phrase to combine the sentences.
Example: Amelia was born in Kansas. She was born in 1898.
Amelia was born in
Kansas in 1898.
1.
Amelia
flew aeroplanes. She flew with great
skill.
2. She flew by herself. She flew
across the Atlantic Ocean.
3. Amelia wrote a book. It was
about her flights.
