Easy way to improve your grammar.

1. Introduction to grammar; PARTS OF SPEECH:
SENTENCE STRUCTURE
English Home language
Mr. M.G Nkosi - 201573117

2. Presentation outcomes
• Learner will be able to identify subject and predicate in a
sentence, and recognize different types of sentences.
• Learner will be able to demonstrate understanding of
sentence parts and types.

3. Definition
• English grammar is the way in which
meanings are encoded into wordings in the
English language. This includes the
structure of words, phrases, clauses, and
sentences, right up to the structure of
whole texts. There are historical, social,
cultural and regional variations of English.

4. Sentence
• A group of words that has a complete and independent
thought and has a subject and a predicate. Also, it is always
composed of at least one independent clause.

5. Sentence Types
• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound-Complex

6. PARTS OF SPEECH:SENTENCE STRUCTURE
• A sentence is a group of words that expresses a
complete thought.
• Are these sentences?
• 1. "Ashley walks to the park."
2. "She takes a friend with her."
3. "Climb a tree."
• Both (1) and (2) are sentences, but (3) is not a
sentence. Why? It does not express a complete
thought. We wonder: who climbs a tree? Why?
• -By adding some words to (3) we can make a
complete sentence:
• "Ashley and her friend climb a tree."

7. Sentence structure
• Every sentence has a subject and a predicate. The subject
usually contains the main subject or noun, and the predicate
tells what the subject is doing, which contains the verb of the
sentence.
Subject Predicate
Ashley walks to the park
She takes a friend with her
Ashley and her friend climb a tree

8. Rules for writing sentences:
• 1. Every sentence must begin with a capital letter.
2. Every sentence must end with a punctuation mark. You
use different marks for different kinds of sentences.

9. Rules for writing sentences:
• Punctuation Marks:
A period (.) ends a sentence that tells something, or makes a
statement.
A questions mark (?) ends a sentence that asks a question.
An exclamation point (!) ends a sentence that shows
excitement.

10. Punctuation mark caution!
• Do NOT use a comma every time you use the words and, or,
but, nor, for, so, yet. Use a comma only when the
coordinating conjunction joins two independent clauses.

11. Types of Sentences
• There are three kinds of sentences that we say and write
every day.
• 1. Declarative: a type of sentence that declares or makes a
statement.
Example - "Tom goes to school."
•
2. Interrogative: a sentence that asks a question.
Example - "Did Tom go to school?"
•
3. Imperative: a sentence that makes a request or gives a
command.
Example - "Hurry Tom! Go to school now!"

12. References
• Krisnan, RM. (2013) Sentence structure powerpoint. Available from Slideshare at
https://www.slideshare.net/RajamohanKrisnan1/sentence-structure-
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• Malonzo, AM. (2014) Sentence - Basic Sentence Structure. Available from Slideshare
at https://www.slideshare.net/narutotenji/sentence-37297269?qid=1c79726f-401a-
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• Rinayna, R. (2017) Sentence Structure types. Available from Slideshare at
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• Gaesta, G. (2008) Parts Of Speech And Sentence Structure Notes. Available from
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• Ucimae, U. (2012) Kinds of Sentences according to Structure. Available from Slideshare
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