Connecting Sentences and ParagraphsUnit 2

Miss. Rana Alnufaie

Adjective

What is a fragment sentence? Give an Example.

Adjectives are words that describe nouns Example She is pretty.

Word Order, adjectives come before nouns

Nouns names of people, places, things or ideas e.g. teacher, doctor Layla, shirt.

Adjective Words that describe nouns and come before the noun.

Look at these two sentences and how to combine them in ONE sentence:

I have a book. It is heavy. I have a heavy book.

It is important to put the adjective before the noun not after it. I have a red car. “NOT” I have a car red

Let’s do Combine the SentencesAhmed owns a car. The car is red.

Ahmed owns a red car

I do not like this weather. The weather is humid.

I do not like this humid weather.

Paris is a city in France. This city is beautiful.

Paris is a beautiful city in France.

Ali has a job. The job is part-time.

Ali has a part time job.

Also, Adjectives Can Come After Verb Be

What are the verbs Be? IS + ARE + AM We call the adjectives that come after the verb be,

Complement Example: The boy is young. The girl is pretty. My students are amazing. I am happy.

What is a Paragraph? A paragraph is a group of sentences. Remember that sentences must have verb + subject. Any sentence that doesn't’t have a verb or a

noun is FEAGMENT A paragraph has three main parts:

The Topic sentence. Tells the main idea + usually is the first sentence

The body. More than one sentence. Every sentence has Information that supports the topic.

The Concluding sentence. The end of the paragraph. It is a brief summary of the information

When We Write a Paragraph We Should

1- Write a title (Capitalization rules)

2- Indent the first line of the paragraph

3- Write a topic sentence

4- Write a body (details)

5- Write a conclusion

1- Topic Sentence

Every good paragraph has a topic sentence ( gives the general topic of the whole paragraph).

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Grammar – Subject Pronouns

A pronoun is a word that takes a place of a noun.

Subject pronoun comes before the verb (just like the subject).

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Examples:

Afnan lives in Jeddah She lives in Jeddah

Afnan and Rawan live in Jeddah They live in Jeddah

Singular Plural

I We

YOU You

He\ She\ It They

Remember When you talk about a person, use his or her name first. After

than remember to replace the name by a subject pronoun

Example:

Norah loves her mother a lot. She always gives her gifts and presents.

Prober noun Pronoun

Do not use the prober noun in your paragraph many times.

Sara is a great student. Sara loves her school. Sara always

studies at home.

Working with the Body of the Paragraph

We said that after writing a topic sentence we should have details that support the topic sentence, that talk about the topic sentence. These sentences are called the body of the paragraph

Every sentence should support (and talk) about the topic sentence.

You can give details or examples that are related to the topic sentence.

Grammar – Possessive Adjective Possessive adjective When you talk about something that belongs to

someone or something. There are are only 7 possessive adjectives.

Whose pen is this ? It is my pen It is your pen It is his pen It is her pen It is our pen It is their pen The cat was moving its tail quickly

Remember Every sentence should have (Subject + Verb) Incorrect : My father’s name Abdullah Correct : My father’s name is Abdullah

-------- : Many people in Lebanon Arabic ---------: Many people in Lebanon speak Arabic

--------- : Some students have computers at home. --------- : Alanoud has a beautiful room.

Working with Concluding Sentences

Concluding sentence It usually comes at the end of a paragraph. Gives a summary of the information in the paragraph. Can be similar to the topic sentence. Can be a suggestion, opinion or prediction Example:

Topic I have a dream to visit Alaska

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Concluding I hope to visit this wonderful state soon

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