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EJERCICIO
EJERCICIO
o I like spaghetti.
o He reads many books.
Subject: A person, animal, place, thing, or concept that does an action. Determine the
subject in a sentence by asking the question “Who or what?”
o I like spaghetti.
o He reads many books.
Verb: Expresses what the person, animal, place, thing, or concept does. Determine
the verb in a sentence by asking the question “What was the action or what
happened?”
o I like spaghetti.
o He reads many books.
o The movie is good. (The be verb is also sometimes referred to as a copula or a
linking verb. It links the subject, in this case "the movie," to the complement or
the predicate of the sentence, in this case, "good.")
Object: A person, animal, place, thing, or concept that receives the action. Determine
the object in a sentence by asking the question “The subject did what?” or “To
whom?/For whom?”
o I like spaghetti.
o He reads many books.
Prepositional Phrase: A phrase that begins with a preposition (i.e., in, at for, behind,
until, after, of, during) and modifies a word in the sentence. A prepositional phrase
answers one of many questions. Here are a few examples: “Where? When? In what
way?”
Simple Sentences
A simple sentence contains a subject and a verb, and it may also have an object and
modifiers. However, it contains only one independent clause.
Key: Yellow, bold = subject; green underline = verb, blue, italics = object, pink, regular
font =prepositional phrase
Here are a few examples:
• She wrote.
• She completed her literature review.
• He organized his sources by theme.
• They studied APA rules for many hours.
EJERCIO 9.3
EJERCICIO 9.4 MATERIAL PDF SIMPLE SENTENCES
Simple Sentences
4. She is a teacher.
Writing an email
I. Answer the questions
II. Read the following texts and chose the correct option.
a)
fb)
ERP
Formal Informal
ERP
V. Use phrases from exercise IV to complete this chart. Are they for
the opening, the body or the closing part?
Opening Body Closing
1-HI, CHARLOTTE 4.-IM 7.-BYE
2.-REGARS WRITING TO 8.-SEEYOU
3.-DEAR SIR/MADAM THANK YOU NEXTWEEK
FOR -ALL 9.-IM LOOK
YOUR HELP FORWARD TO
5.-IM HEARING FROM YOU
AFRAID I
HAVE SOME
BAD NEWS
6.- BAD
NEWS,
STEVE
VI. Now is your turn! Chose one of the options of each part to write a formal or
an informal email (35-60 words)
A) FORMAL
TIP: When we don't know who to write to, we say Dear Sir/Madam.
B) INFORMAL
1. A friend invited you to her wedding, write to confirm you are coming
and ask for details.
ERP
OPTION: INFORMAL
NUMBER:
HELLO FRIEND REGINA THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME I RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL I WARN YOU THAT
IF I ATTEND YOUR WEDDING IT WILL BE INCREDIBLE TO SHARE THOSE MOMENTS WITH YOU AND
HAVE A VERY GOOD TIME TOGETHER SINCE I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU GREETINGS. SEE YOU SOON.
EJERCICIO 9.3