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Writing and Expanding Sentences

The document discusses writing and expanding sentences. It explains that a basic sentence contains a subject and a verb, and provides examples. It then discusses adding more detail to sentences by including additional words at the beginning, middle or end. Exercises are provided to practice filling in blanks, rearranging words to form sentences, and writing short paragraphs.

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Writing and Expanding Sentences

The document discusses writing and expanding sentences. It explains that a basic sentence contains a subject and a verb, and provides examples. It then discusses adding more detail to sentences by including additional words at the beginning, middle or end. Exercises are provided to practice filling in blanks, rearranging words to form sentences, and writing short paragraphs.

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Writing and expanding sentences

Before writing, students should know the order of words in a sentence. There are
at least 2 main things in a sentence; subject and verb.
e.g: He cries The sun shines She laughs
Usually, we put more when writing sentences.
Eg: He cries when they kick him. The sun shines brightly. She laughs at the
poor man.
Subject
I
You
She
He
It
They
We

Verb
Past
Was
Were
Was
Was
Was
Were
Were

Present
Am/have
Are/have
Is/has
Is/has
Is/has
Are/have
Are/have

Words
kick
kick
kicks
Kicks
kicks
kick
kick

Exercise 3.1.
Fill in the blanks with suitable verb.
1) He __________ a boy.
2) She ____________ apple everyday.
3) They ____________ hungry.
4) The cat _____________ the fish.
5) She ________________ beautiful.
6) He _______________ handsome.
7) They _____________ badminton everyday.
8) Amin and Adora _____________ tennis every week.
9) We _______________ to school by bus.
10) Amin and I __________________ best friends.
Exercise 3.2.
Rearrange the words to become a complete sentence.
1) eat to Samad likes noodle .
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2) fast car the is.
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3) have cats I three.
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4) Andy best Haliza and are best friends.
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5) parents My big a have house.


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6) cat fish The eats my.
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7) two There grazing are cows the at field.
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8) thieves enter house The a.
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9) have I beautiful wives two.
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10) students playing school at field are The the.
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When you want to explain something in detail, you have to add some words
either at the beginning, middle, or the end of a sentence.
1) to inform: For your information, I have two brothers / I want to tell you
that I love you so much. /
2) to ask : Do you know where is Kuantan? / Have you ever eaten nachos? / Do
you have a car? / Is he a doctor? / Does she know I love her?
3) to give reason: Actually, my car broke down yesterday. / For some reason,
the building suddenly blew up. / I missed school yesterday because I was sick. /
The reason she does not eat lunch because she is on diet.
4) time showing chronology: When I was five years old, my parents bought me
a toy car. / When I grew older, I lost my interest towards study. /As a little boy,
I cried a lot. / Once upon a time, there was a boy named Ahmad.
5) to give adjective: She has a beautiful daughter. / My father is handsome. / It
is a beautiful sunset. / I have a blue Ferrari. / The building is huge./ The
weather is cold.
6) to explain/describe: He runs very fast. / The building is collapsing. / They
eat hastily. / Amir is crying loudly./ The ice-cream is melting.
7) to show position: The family lives under the bridge./ The noise came from
outside the house. / He jumps over the fence.

Exercise 3.3:
Fill in the blanks with suitable word.
1) to ask: ________________ you ever _______________ a car? (drive)
2) to give adjective: She has __________ ______________ cars at her house. (blue, two)
3) to explain: When the tiger came, he ____________ very ____________ (fast, run)
4) to explain: Sara ___________ ____________when hearing the sad news. (loud, cry)
5) to explain & give reason: The men of Kg Pisang ____________ bubur lambuk
__________ ____________ they are hungry. (hasty, because, eat)
6) time showing chronology: _____________________________________, my mother always
brought me ice-cream. (When)
7) to inform: ___________________________________, Malaysia is the most beautiful
country in the world.
8) to give reason: Carlie is sick ______________ she _______________ a lot of durians.
9) to ask: ___________________________ when is the ball? (you)
10) to give adjective: Amin is a __________________ boy. He always _______________ his
homework on time. (finish)
11) to show position: All my things _______________ at the ______________ of the car.
Now is the time to write. We start by writing short paragraphs.
Amin is a student. He lives in Kuala Terengganu. He is a bright student. He scores
good results.
Amin is a student at SMK Kubang Badak. He lives with his family in Kuala
Terengganu. In school, Amin is a bright student. He always scores high in
every examination.
Exercise 3.4:
1) Aminah is beautiful (a, girl). She has dimples (on, face, her). Boys like her.
(many, her, school, at).
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2) There was a boy (Once, time, upon, a). His name was David. He liked fruits
(and). He ate three fruits. (everyday, at least, kinds, of)
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3) I have cats(For, information, your, two). They are fat. They eat a lot everyday
(because, food, of). I bring them to park. (always, nearest, park, the).
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4) The surrounding was dark. (outside,already). Amin was at school, (still,


finishing, homework, his). He heard a noise (suddenly, strange, class, the,
behind).
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5) The bear attacked him (notice, Without, suddenly). He could not do anything.
He was shocked (as). The bear ripped his body (violently). It was painful
(excruciatingly).
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Exercise 3.5:
This exercise will test students ability to write sentences on their own.
1) Amin, ball. Ball, expensive.
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2) I, big, fish. We, happy. Cook, very delicious.
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3) When, 7 years old, cat. name, Tom. I, love, much.
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4) The cat, fish, table. Mother, angry. She, knife, kills, cat.
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5) After breakfast, hurriedly, go, school. On my way there, car, hit, lamp post. The
driver, injure, head.
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6) The reason, absent, school, yesterday, stomachache.
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7) Amin, cry, loud. parents, scold, as he, punch, boy, school.
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