Simple and Compound English Sentences - Video and Exercise

Simple and Compound English Sentences - Video and Exercise Ive noticed as an English teacher that many of my students speak correctly when using short simple sentences. However, when students start speaking with more difficult sentences and start using sentence structure that contains multiple ideas, they often have problems with the word order and structure of sentences. I hope this video will help students understand English sentence structure and correct some of the mistakes they make with word order, even if its not the most entertaining subject.(If youre looking for the What if Everyone Rode Bikes? lesson, click here. We sent the wrong link;)Before we do the exercise lets review FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)MORE INFORMATION-andCHOICE-or, norOPPOSITE INFORMATION-but, yetREASON-forRESULT-soExercise: Combine the two simple sentences using the proper connecting word, and dont forget the comma!1. She saw a cat run in front of her. She stopped the car suddenly.2. He gave her a ring.   It is her birthday.3. The zombies eat people. The people kill the zombies.4. She doesnt like the cold weather. She really likes skiing.5. She did not fail her English exam. She was not worried about her English exam.6. We could go to the movie tonight. We could stay home and rent a movie.7. I like enchiladas. I have a really good recipe for black bean and squash enchiladas. Anna 1. She saw a cat run in front of her, so she stopped the car suddenly. 2. He gave her a ring, for it is her birthday. 3. The people kill the zombies, or the zombies eat people. 4. She really like skiing, but she doesnt like the cold weather. 5. She did not fail her English exam, because she was not worried about her English exam. 6. We couid go to the movie tinight, or we could stay home and rent a movie. 7. I like enchiladas, and I have a really good recipe for black bean and squash enchiladas. LOIEnglish Anna,You had some difficulty with Question #2. When we combine the sentences it is important to be sure that we combine them and replace nouns/obj ects with matching pronouns. He gave her a ring, for her birthday. Questions #3: The zombies eat people, SO the people kill THEM. Questions #4: She really likeS skiing, but she doesnt like the cold weather. (remember that s on 3rd person singular. Question #5: She did not fail her English exam, NOR was she worried about IT. Questions #6: We could go to the movie tonight, or we could stay home and rent ONE. 7. I like enchiladas, and I have a really good recipe for black bean and squash ONES.I hope this helps! André Dertrudes de Macena Estes exercícios são muito importantes para mim, gostaria muito de receber ainda bem não apenas falando sobre verbos mais pronomes adjetivos substantivos, e toda regra da língua inglesa meu objetivo é melhorar meu inglês cada vez mais, por isso conto com todos vocês. André Dertrudes de Macena This sait es very very good LOIEnglish Good work Petar. Im glad to see that you replaced the nouns with pronouns! LOIEnglish Thanks for your suggestio ns. We will turn the sound down. Ilka 1. She saw a cat run in front of her, so she stopped the car suddenly.2. He gave her a ring, for it is her birthday.3. The zombies eat people, and the people kill the zombies.4. She doesn’t like the cold weather, but she really likes skiing.5. She did not fail her English exam because she was not worried about her English exam.6. We could go to the movie tonight or we could stay home and rent a movie.7. I like enchiladas, so I have a really good recipe for black bean and squash enchiladas. LOIEnglish Ilka..You have a couple problems connecting the sentence parts.Look at this diagram:MORE INFORMATION-and CHOICE-or, nor OPPOSITE INFORMATION-but, yet REASON-for RESULT-soQuestion # 2: He gave her a ring for her birthday. Question #3: Zombies eat people, so the people kill THEM. Questions #7: I like enchiladas AND I have a really good recipe for black bean and squash ONES.The video doesnt explain pronoun replacement however, we usually replace th e subject in the second part of the sentence with a pronoun. The English language doesnt like repetition, so we rarely use the same word twice in a single sentence. Be sure to look for this weeks video because Im creating the second series about complex sentences. Nguyen Thi Hoa 1. She saws the cat run in front of her, so she stopped the car suddenly 2. He gave her a ring, for it is her birthday. 3. The zombies eat people, but the poeple kill the zombies. 4. she doent like the cold weather, but she really likes skiing. 5. she did not fail her English exam, so she was not worried about her English exam. 6. We could go to the movie tonight, or we could stay home and rent a movie. 7. I like enchiladas, and i have a really good recipe for black bean and squash enchiladas. LOIEnglish Nguyen,One quick thing: usually we replace the subject of the sentence with a pronoun in the second sentence. i.g. The zombies eat people, but the people kill THEM. Question #5: NOR is the best option: Sh e did not fail her English exam, nor was she worried about IT. Good work! Thanks for answering. LOIEnglish Good Rafa. Alvaro Willians 1. She saw a cat run in front of her, and she stopped the car suddaly.2. He gave her ring, for her birthday.3. the zombies ear people, so the people kill them.4. She doesnt like the cold weather, but she really likes skiing.5. She did not fail her English exam, so she was not worried about her English exam.6. We could go to the movie tonight, or we could stay home and rent a movie.7. I like enchiladas, and I have a really good recipe for black bean and squash enchiladas. LOIEnglish Alvaro,You have two problems. Question #1, the better choice is so. We are talking about result in this sentence we are not adding extra information. So often answers the question What happened?Question #5, the best choice is nor Alvaro Willians Thank for your attention. Could you please tell me what does NOR means? LOIEnglish Nor is a conjunction and an adverb. It is used before the second option in a negative sentence. i.g. I do not like wine NOR beer. In Spanish I think it is ni In the case of a conjunction it is used to introduce additional negative information in a negative sentence.i.g. She did NOT fail her English exam, NOR was she worried about it. The two simple sentences are:She was NOT worried about her English exam.She did NOT fail her English exam. When we combine the two we take away 1 NOT and insert NOR. Alvaro Willians Hummm OK. Thanks again!