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GRAMMAR AND SENTENCE

STRUCTURE:

SUBJECTS AND VERBSHidayati

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SUBJECT

The subject is the person or thing that does the action.

The subject comes before the verb.

Example:1. That little boy swims every day.

2. People in china spea !hinese.

". #even is my lucy number.

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 VERB

The verb is usually the action word in the sentence

The verb comes after the subject

Examples of verbs: go$ spea$ write$ etc.

#ome verbs do not have much action. Examples are be(am, is, are, was, were), like, want and need.

1. That little boy swims every day

2. People in !hina speak  !hinese.

". #even is my lucy number.

The verbs are underlined.

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COMMAND

%n command &imperative' sentences$ the subject is you.

(nd the word you is not usually stated.

Examples:1. )pen the door now*

 &+)T: ,ou open the door now*'

2. -ont say that word.

&+)T: ,ou dont say that word.'

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CHECKING FOR THE SUBJECT AND

THE VERB

Every sentence should have a subject and a verb.

  subject verb

  /aria  plays the harp.

( sentence without subject or without a verb is called a

 fragment .

/y mother always breafast every morning.

( fragment is a piece of a sentence.

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SENTENCE OR FRAGMENT

1. Billy lives in a big apartment.

2. Is incredibly delicoius.

3. Does Carol have a car?

4. They my cousins from Miami.

5. You a student?

6. Michel likes classical music.

7. The girls play soccer.

8. I am from Colombia.

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MAKING TUNA SALAD

Tuna salad is easy to make. The ingredients are

simple and cheap. Two ingredients are tuna fish

and mayonnaise. I also use onions, salt and

pepper. First, I cut up the onions. Then I add the

tuna fish and mayonnaise. Finally, I add somesalt and a lot of pepper. Tuna salad is my favorite

food!

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THE BEAUTY OF TUSCANY

Tuscany is a beautiful region in %taly. %t is famous for

cities such as 0lorence$ #iena$ and Pisa. The (penine

hills are in Tuscany. Tuscany is also famous for wine

maing. 0or example$ !hianti and /ontalcano wines are

very popular and tasty. Tuscany have so many interesting places to see. Tuscany is a wonderful place to visit*

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WORD ORDER OF SUBJECTS AND VERBS

 A Great Place to Work

(1. Caroline works/Works Caroline) at Anderson

Supermarket. ( 2. Works she/She works) there on

Mondays and Thursdays. On Wednesday (3.attends

 she/she attends) classes at Jefferson Community

College. ( 4. Caroline wakes up/Wakes up Caroline) at 6.

a.m. (5. She starts/Starts she) work at 8 a.m. (6.

Caroline likes/Likes Caroline) her job. (7. Enjoys

 she/She enjoys) meeting people. (8. She loves/Loves

 she) her co-workers. For Caroline,(9. is Anderson

Supermarket/Anderson Supermarket is) a great place

to work.

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ORIGINAL WRITING PRACTICE

Practice 1. Answer the questions based on the

 guiding questions. Then make them into one

 paragraph. The first answer will be the topic.

Q 1a: What is your favorite food?

 A 1a: My favorite food is ..............

Q 1b: What country does this food come from?

Q 1c: What ingredients are in this food?

Q 1d: How do you prepare this food?

Q 1e: Why do you like this food?

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THE ORIGINAL WRITING PRACTICE

Practice 2. Answer the questions based on the guiding

questions. Then make them into one paragraph. The

 first answer will be the topic.

Q 1a: What is the most interesting person in your family?

 A 1a: The most interesting person in your family is.....

Q 1b: Why is the person interesting?

Q 1c: How old is the person?

Q 1d: What does the person look like?

Q 1e: Why do you like this person?

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WRITE..............WRITE AND

WRITEHidayati

2011