Monday, February 6, 2012

Brief of Sentence Structures


Several things have been done and prepared during & after the flooding. As a result, I have had the one of those to present. Hope that it would be useful as the brief to be referred to. In addition to the brief of writing, I have just added the diagram below.



The Four Standard Sentence Structures

1) Simple Sentence

1)   A sentence has only one independent clause also known as the main clause.
2)   The simple sentence can have two nouns or verbs called the compound noun or verb. The compound noun or verb is not the compound sentence.
3)   Phrases, added to the main clause, can act as the adjective to modify noun or the adverb to modify verb in the simple sentence, etc.

Simple Sentence:
Another book was so interesting to the readers, given at the New Year party. (participial phrase to modify noun)
The boys and girls did their workshop to practice their knowledge. (infinitive phrase to modify verb)
The way to know him is to compare him, not with nature, but with other men. (infinitive phrase to modify noun)