Skills for life

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Skills for life

• Making sentences
• How to make our writing more interesting!

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There are three types of sentences

• A simple sentence
• A compound sentence
• A complex sentence

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Simple sentences

• A simple sentence is one complete thought or
  idea.
• It ends with a full stop, question mark or
  exclamation mark
• I like curry.

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Compound sentences

• A compound sentence has two simple sentences
  joined together with a joining word (conjunction)
• The main joining words are
• and, but, because, as, if, so, although
• I like curry but I really like Thai food.

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Complex sentences

• A complex sentence has at least two Clauses.
• A clause is a group of words that can be a
  sentence but sometimes is not.
• In a complex sentence one of these clauses cannot
  stand on its own.
• I like curry, when it is from the curry house.

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Making sentences interesting

• If you only use simple sentences, your writing
  can sound boring.
• Basic facts are not very interesting to read.
• Sentences need to be filled out to catch the
  readers attention.

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Read this example!

• Kevin and Paula went shopping.
• This is a basic sentence but it is a bit boring!
  It does not tell you very much.

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Adding more information

• Kevin and his girlfriend, Paula, went shopping.
• In this example I told the reader what the
  relationship is between Kevin and Paula.

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Adding more information

• Kevin Shuttleworth and his girlfriend,Paula
  Grimes, went shopping.
• Now, I have told the reader more about Jack (his
  surname).

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Adding adjectives

• Kevin Shuttleworth, a dark, handsome man, and his
  girlfriend, Paula, a pretty blonde, went
  shopping.
• This time, some adjectives about Carmen and Jack
  have been added. The adjectives tell us what they
  look like.

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Adding detail

• Late one afternoon, KevinShuttleworth, a dark,
  handsome man, and his girlfriend, Paula, a pretty
  blonde, went shopping.
• This time I have told the reader when they went.

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Finally!

• Late one afternoon in January, Kevin
  Shuttleworth, a dark, handsome man, and his
  girlfriend, Paula, a pretty blonde, went shopping
  for a new television.
• Lastly, I have given the reader some specific
  detail.

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Have a go at making some sentences.

• E3 L1
• BBC - Skillswise Words - Making sentences games
• BBC - Skillswise Words - putting sentences
  together to make longer sentences quiz.
• L1 / L2
• BBC - Skillswise Words - Commas quiz

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Have a go at making sentences more interesting!

• Adjectives E3 L2
• BBC - Skillswise Words - Read all about it! A
  game to practise adjectives.
• Adverbs E3 L2
• BBC - Skillswise Words - Adverbs quiz