understanding sentence patterns; reading sentence that combine ideas, reading sentence that relate the ideas.

Understanding Sentence Patterns

( Reading Sentence That Combine Ideas, Reading Sentence That Relate Ideas )

A.    Reading sentence that combine Ideas.

Many sentences express more than one key idea. Often a writer will combine two or more closely related ideas into one sentence. This is done for one of three reasons: (1) to clarify the key ideas, (2) to emphasize their connection, or (3) to show that they are of equal importance.

Two complete ideas can be combined by:

1.     Using a semicolon

Example : some students hate sains science,others enjoy it.

2.     Using a comma followed by a conjunction (for,and,nor,but,or,yet, so)

Example : English education department is my major, so I have to take English courses.

B.    Reading sentence that relate ideas

Often the writer expands a sentence by adding a related but less important idea. This related idea has its own noun and verb, but it express an incomplete thought and cannot stand by it self.

The idea of lesser importance usually performs one or more of the following functions:

§  Expresses time relationships

Example       : while I was washing my clothes, my phone rang.

§  Describes conditions or circumstances

Example       : if I pass in faculty of education and teacher training, I

                          Will be a teacher.

§  States purpose or reason

Example       : George was hungry so he could not concentrate .

§  Expresses cause

Example       : because I was tired, I need take a rest.

§  Describes

Example       :  my son, who is ten years old, the winner in festival.