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Building a Sentence

Building a Sentence. Believe it or not, you can take a two word sentence and turn it into a fifty word sentence by following a couple of easy steps. Step one: . Start with the simplest of sentences-- the simple sentence. Houa walked. (2). Step two:.

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Building a Sentence

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  1. Building a Sentence

  2. Believe it or not, you can take a two word sentence and turn it into a fifty word sentence by following a couple of easy steps.

  3. Step one: • Start with the simplest of sentences-- the simple sentence. • Houawalked. (2)

  4. Step two: • Add an adjective and a prepositional phrase to your simple sentence. • YoungHouawalked to the grocery store.(7)

  5. Step three: • Add a dependent clause and make the sentence a complex sentence. • While his mother baked a pie,young Houawalked to the grocery store. (13)

  6. Step four: • Add an independent clause and make the sentence a compound/complex sentence. • While his mother baked a pie, young Houawalked to the grocery store, and he whistled a lively melody along the way.(22)

  7. Step five: • Now add an adjective phrase which provides more detail to your sentence. • While his mother, the winner of several baking contests, baked a pie, young Houawalked to the grocery store, and he whistled a lively melody along the way. (28)

  8. Step six: • Add a relative phrase and add more detail to your sentence. • While his mother, the winner of several baking contests, baked a pie, young Houa walked to the grocery store which was only a couple of miles away, and he whistled a lively melody along the way. (36)

  9. Step seven: • Finally, add another appositive phrase giving even more detail. • While his mother, the winner of several baking contests, baked a pie, young Houa walked to the grocery store which was only a couple of miles away, and Houa, tired but happily looking forward to eating his Mom’s prize-winning finger-licking apple pie, whistled a lively melody along the way. (51)

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