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1、Sentence structureComplex andcompound-complex4/10/20231Quiz:Write C if the sentence is compound;write S if the sentence is simple.1.Mary and Jane were working in the garden.2.Mary worked hard,but Jane often sat and rested.3.The roses needed food,so they worked fertilizer in the soil around the roots
2、.4.The roses grew rapidly and blossomed profusely.5.The girls picked a basket of flowers,yet many still remained on the bushes.6.Both flowers and vegetables grew in the garden.7.We sold vegetables,but we kept the flowers for ourselves.8.I like cabbage and carrots,so I planted a large crop.9.Worms an
3、d insects damaged some of the plants.10.Tilling the soil carefully and watering the plants in dry weather produced a good crop of vegetables and flowers.continued4/10/20232answerC:2,3,5,7,8S:1,4,6,9,104/10/20233QuotesI went back to the good nature books that I had read.And I analyzed them.I wrote ou
4、tlines of whole books-outlines of chapters-so that I could see their structure.And I copied down their transitional sentences or their main sentences or their closing sentences or their lead sentences.I especially paid attention to how these writers made transitions between paragraphs and scenes.Ann
5、ie Dillard4/10/20234I will tell him if he comes home.When I find the book,I will read it.After he is elected,he will have an coffee.The yellow part,which cannot stand alone as a complete sentence,is called a dependent clause or a subordinate clause.The red part is in itself a complete sentence and i
6、s called an independent clause or a main clause or a principal clause.Note:A sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses is called a complex sentence.4/10/20236EXERCISE:Write I if the sentence is incomplete;write C if the sentence is complete.1.Because she was tire
7、d.2.Until he arrived.3.Did you eat your supper?4.Since I arrived home.5.Unless it rains,we will be there.6.Wherever you go.7.Susie laughed.8.Where are you going?9.When the sun shines.10.He wore a brown coat.1.I2.I3.C4.I5.C6.I7.C8.C9.I10.C4/10/20237A complex sentence contains an independent clause an
8、d a dependent clause.It may contains more than one dependent clause.The independent clause and the dependent clause each has a subject and a verb.A simple sentence+a dependent clause=a complex sentence.Maria,who lives in Boston,is my sister.A simple sentence+a dependent clause+a dependent clause=a c
9、omplex sentence.Maria,who works in Boston and who is my sister,lives with her cousin Elena.4/10/20238ANSWER1.If I had money,I would go to Europe.2.Although he was of legal age,he did not vote.3.I go to the gym whenever I can.4.He washed his hands before he ate the sandwich.5.The man who lives on the
10、 hill is my uncle.6.Our car,which we bought yesterday,is a Buick.7.He ate until he was no longer hungry.8.I will go wherever you wish.9.Mary danced while John played the guitar.10.He rested because he was tired.4/10/202310The compound-complex sentence is formed when a simple sentence and complex sen
11、tence,or two or more complex sentences,are connected to form a longer sentence.A simple sentence+a complex sentence=a compound-complex sentence.She gave me a present,but when I saw it I was not happy.a complex sentence+a complex sentence=a compound-complex sentence.When I came home I cooked supper,a
12、nd Henry didnt look so tired after he had eaten.4/10/202311ANSWER1.She will sing a solo if you ask her;however,she doesnt really want to sing.2.She explained carefully where the house is;still,I could not find it.3.He was always on hand when we needed him,yet we seldom asked him for help.4.He swam i
13、n the river every morning when the weather was warm,and in winter he exercised indoors.5.He asked where I had been;and when I told him,he was surprised.exercise4/10/2023137.After I gave them some money,Mary and Alice went to the market and shopped for food.8.When we saw what they had purchased,we were pleased.9.Charles come to see me when I was ill;however,I did not want to see him.10.When she arrives,we will ask her.answerCompound:1,Simple:2,6Complex:5,7,8,10Compound-complex:3,4,94/10/2023154/10/202316