Reading and Writing Strategies Parts of Speech how to write a Sentence?

Introducción Para dar inicio al proceso de lectura y escritura de oraciones, parrafos y ensayos es importante tener presente algunos principios básicos de escritura y vocabulario: Ensayo – Essay Párrafo – Paragraph Oración – Sentence Partes de la Oración - Parts of speech Fragmento – Fragment (oración sin sentido)

De igual forma es importante tener presente que la lectura en ingles implica romper el paradigma tradicional de traducción simultanea o traducción de palabras aisladas de la oración. Es por tanto que se debe comprender las diferentes estrategias de lectura que se proponen: Como escaneo, lectura de imágenes y de frases completas en busca de palabras claves que permitan comprender la idea del escritor. Por tanto al leer es importante subrayar las palabras desconocida, luego volver a leer el texto tratando de encontrar significado en la oración donde la palabra es usada, para lograr comprender su significado en contexto ya que en el diccionario una palabra en ingles tiene varios significados, por lo tanto mi recomendación es utilizar, el «wordreference» pero en inglés: Buscar sinónimos que lo lleven a uno a comprender la oración completa sin tener que traducirla.

How to write a sentence A sentence is a collection of words. To learn more about sentences please go to: http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/34093-what-is-a-sentence http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1293 A written sentence should have certain characteristics: a capital letter at the beginning a full-stop at the end a subject (who or what the sentence is about) a verb (that tells you what's happening) and, finally, many people say that it should express 'a single thought' There are a few other helpful points to remember about a sentence: a sentence can be long or short it can be very simple or very complex a sentence can be broken up with commas, semi-colons, colons, dashes and so on The collection of word that form a sentence are called «Parts of speech»

Part of speech – Parts of a sentence

Article: the words a, an, and the. Parts of speech Conjunction: a word that links parts of a sentence to each other. (See “coordinating conjunction,” “subordinating conjunction,” and “correlative conjunction” under “Types of Conjunctions, Transitional Words, and Transitional Phrases” below. Adverb: a word used to modify a verb (warmly greet), an adjective (only three people),or another adverb (quite seriously damaged Adjective: a word used to modify a noun (example: the red wagon) or pronoun (example: ordinary one). Article: the words a, an, and the. Preposition: a word that starts a prepositional phrase. In the following examples of prepositional phrases, the first word is a preposition: around the house, under the car, in the back, through the roof, etc. Verb: a word or group of words indicating the action or state of being of a subject(examples: jump, hop, skip, run, is, are, were, will be, will have been). Pronoun: a word used in place of a noun (examples: he, she, they, ours, somebody). Noun: a word that names a person, place, thing, quality, or idea (examples: Maggie,Alabama, clarinet, satisfaction, socialism).

Videos that will help you better your grammar skills Articles: http://www.manythings.org/b/e/104 http://www.manythings.org/b/e/2257 Pronouns: http://www.manythings.org/b/e/101 Prepositions of time: http://www.manythings.org/b/e/112 Singular and plural Nouns: http://www.manythings.org/b/e/106 Propper nouns and common nouns: http://www.manythings.org/b/e/99 Countable and uncountable nouns: http://www.manythings.org/b/e/110 Plural and irregular plurals: http://www.manythings.org/b/e/593 Present simple tense: http://www.manythings.org/b/e/108 For more grammar videos: http://www.manythings.org/b/e/category/grammar/page/15

Nouns

Adjectives

The use of an http://www.manythings.org/b/e/3416 The use of a http://www.manythings.org/b/e/3418 To be form http://www.manythings.org/b/e/3233 Adjectives http://www.manythings.org/b/e/3719 Tenses: http://www.manythings.org/b/e/category/grammar/page/6

Phrase: A phrase is a group of words that lacks a subject, a complete verb, or both. Examples: In the dark, Finding the answer Clause: A clause is a group of related words with both a subject and a predicate (verb). Independent Clause: (also called a main clause) is a group of words that has a subject and a verb and does not start with a subordinating conjunction. Example: I ate raspberries. Dependent Clause: (also called a subordinate clause) is a group of words that has a subject and a verb and starts with a subordinating conjunction. A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence. Example : After I ate raspberries Sentence Structure

Compound Complex Sentence Types of Sentences Simple Sentence A simple sentence consists of one independent clause. Example: I ate raspberries. Compound Sentence A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses separated by a comma and a coordinating conjunction or by a semicolon. Example: I ate raspberries, and I developed a rash. Example: I ate raspberries; I developed a rash. Complex Sentence A complex sentence consists of at least one dependent clause and one independent clause. Example: Because I ate raspberries, I developed a rash. Compound Complex Sentence A compound-complex sentence consists of at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. Example: Although I am allergic to raspberries, I ate them, so I developed a rash.

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