In learning the English language, it is important for students to write good sentences, especially in writing essays. A good essay contains various types of sentence patterns. There are three types of sentence patterns. - Simple Sentence, Compound Sentence and Complex Sentence.
Now, let's look at Simple Sentence.
1) A simple sentence contains one subject and one finite verb.
Subject means ~ The thing we are talking about.
Verb means ~ Action taking place.
For example:
1) Subject Verb
I wrote a letter
2) Subject Verb
She loves her cat
It is crucial that students are able to master simple sentence structures without making any errors or mistakes.
Below, is an exercise to test students' capability in mastering the simple sentence structures.
Sample of exercise:
Rearrange these words into complete sentences. Then, rewrite them. Remember your capital letters.
1) like/ they/ play/ football /to
2) i/ ice-cream/ love
3) she / watching/ is / television /the
4) rita / baking/ cakes/ is
5) driving/ the / timothy/ is /car
If you are able to answer this exercise, you are on the right track.
Until we meet again... adieu
