Reading and Writing Classes, Visual Data and Sentence Structure

 By Nate Feldman

Sentence Structure:

Four Types of Sentences

1.   Simple Sentence

2.   Compound Sentence

3.   Complex Sentence

4.   Compound-Complex Sentence

 

Simple Sentence:

*I am a teacher.  I am a teacher at ELS.  I work with students from many countries.

*My name is Nate.  I work with students from many places.  I have been here for several years. 

 

Compound Sentence:

*My name is Nate, and I am a teacher at ELS.

*I work in Philadelphia, but I don’t live there. 

*I live in Berwyn, so I must drive to ELS every day.

*For dinner, I will either cook at home, or I will go to a restaurant. 

 

Complex Sentence:

*If it snows tomorrow, we will be online again. 

*Before I go home, I turn off the lights in the class. 

*After I get home, I take my dog for a walk. 

*When I am in class, I listen to the teacher. 

*As soon as I finish the class, I will go outside in the snow. 

*Even though I study all of the time, my level doesn’t get better.

*While I often go to class, I feel that I don’t learn very much (you get the opposite result; unexpected result)

*While I am in the car, I listen to music (at that time)

*While I enjoy eating chocolate, I know I can’t have it all of the time.

*While I am teaching a class, I type things on the screen. 

 

Context: the situation

*You shouldn’t hurt other people, but in some contexts, you might have to.

Universal: found everywhere

Propose: suggest

*I propose we do online classes once a week

Nevertheless: it doesn’t matter

*I am tired today.  Nevertheless, I have to do my classes.

Publication: things like books and magazines (printed things)

Statistic: information you get based on the number of people or things that do something

Have to do with: connected to

*The lesson has nothing to do with the book.  The lesson is not connected to the book.

Emphasize: to put a lot of stress on certain facts or ideas

Reliance: you need someone or something

Gesture: movements with your hands to communicate


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