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Grammar is. a well-constructed sentence. A sentence must have. A capital letter at the beginning. A . or ? or ! at the end. What’s wrong here?. my son and i watched aston villa last saturday M y son and I watched A ston V illa last S aturday. A sentence must include.
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Grammar is a well-constructed sentence.
A sentence must have • A capital letter at the beginning. • A . or ? or ! at the end.
What’s wrong here? • my son and i watched aston villa last saturday • My son and I watched Aston Villa last Saturday.
A sentence must include • A verb (doing or being). • A subject (someone or something to do the verb).
Is this a sentence? • The cat sat on the mat. • Has it got a verb? Yes - sat • Has it got a subject? Yes - the cat
Verbs change according to when the action takes place • The action can be in the past, the present or the future. • We call this the verb tense.
I am You are He/she is We are You are They are I was You were He/she was We were You were They were Verbs change according to who is doing them
What’s wrong here? • My son and I go to see Aston Villa last Saturday. • My son and I went to see Aston Villa last Saturday.
Simple sentences • My son and I watched Aston Villa. • We enjoyed it. • How can you join these two sentences together?
Joining words are called connectives • My son and I watched Aston Villa and we enjoyed it. • It rained. • Can you think of a connective to join this bit?
My son and I watched Aston Villa and we enjoyed it but it rained. • Can you think of any more words which we can use to connect up simple sentences?
Some more connectives • I must go the shops _______ I have run out of milk. • because
I went to the bank ________ I went to the shops. • before • after
There are many more. • Using different ways to connect sentences makes the writing more interesting. • See how many more you can find.