Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Sentence structure

Independant clause (IC) = subject + verb + complete idea
Dependant clause (DC) = subordinate conjunction + subject + verb + incomplete idea
Phrase = (preposition) + incomplete idea + noverb

EX: 1-Phrase + IC = At the beginning of 2006, I started teaching at CSL
IC + Phrase = I started teaching here in january.

2- SC + DC + IC = Since I've been here, I've met many amazing students.


Mine : Even though I had to wake up this morning, I had an interesting day at school.

3- IC + IC + CC = Most students at CSL are handworking, for they are motivated but some are not.

4- IC( semicolon)are 3200 students at CSL; 60% are boys.

5- IC + IC + ADVERB C = Most student at CSL study arts, however, some study sciences.

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