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Simple Sentences

The document provides examples of simple sentence structures in English including: 1. The basic subject-verb-object structure and examples of subjects, verbs, objects, and adverbs. 2. Various verb forms that can be used as the verb including gerunds, infinitives, and infinitive phrases. 3. The uses of "it" and "there" as subjects including examples of structures like "it is important to..." and "there were many...". The document concludes with recommending practice exercises from two English grammar books.

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Simple Sentences

The document provides examples of simple sentence structures in English including: 1. The basic subject-verb-object structure and examples of subjects, verbs, objects, and adverbs. 2. Various verb forms that can be used as the verb including gerunds, infinitives, and infinitive phrases. 3. The uses of "it" and "there" as subjects including examples of structures like "it is important to..." and "there were many...". The document concludes with recommending practice exercises from two English grammar books.

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SIMPLE SENTENCES Subject Verb Object Adverb 1. Subject  Compulsory  Noun or noun phrase e.g. Dont move!

ve! Milk is delicious. The first black woman poet in America produced her first book in 1773.  Various forms: + A Noun: + A pronoun: + A clause: + A gerund:

The woman wrote a book. She wrote a book. What she wrote amazed everyone. Writing was her talent. Reading good books is what Jennifer enjoys. (Jennifer enjoys reading good books.) + A gerund phrase: Writing poetry was her talent. + An infinitive: To write requires special talent. To read another book is what Pam wanted. (Pam wanted to read another book.) + An infinitive phrase: To write poetry requires special talent.  It / There .  It: a. It + be .(+ that) It is a nice day today. It is the fact that the Earth goes round the sun. It was in 1761 that she came to Boston. It was David who did most of the work. It was a miracle that anybody survived the accident. That anybody survived the accident was a miracle. It is well known that the meat manufactured in those factories is unsanitary. => It surprised the doctor that the patients condition had worsened so quickly.

=> . b. It + be + adj + infinitive It was important to be free. c. It + take + time phrase + infinitive It took her a few years to learn English.  There + be + S There were not many famous women poets in the 1770s. There is a fire in that building. 2. Verb  Compulsory  V or V phrase e.g. I love you. I have seen the movie three times before.  Linking V: be / seem / taste / sound She seems tired. 3. Object  Optional  What/ whom e.g. She saw John at the movie last night. John wants to drink some water.  Direct / indirect ( Longman Grammar, p. 6) 4. Adverbials  Optional  When/where/how e.g. John bought a book at the bookstore. She saw John last night. She drives very fast.

Chilli is hot.

PRACTICE 1. Toefl Grammar Flash: a. Ex 1, p. 23 b. Ex. 2, p. 24 c. Ex. 4, p. 29

d. P. 31 + 32 2. Longman complete course

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