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How To Write A Simple Sentence?: Grammar Module

This document provides instruction on writing simple sentences in English. It explains that a basic sentence contains a subject, verb, and object. Examples are given such as "Navind drinks tea." Parts of speech are identified in sample sentences. Students are instructed that the sentence structure remains the same between present and past tense, only changing the verb form. Exercises are included to practice forming simple sentences with given subjects and verbs, rearranging words into sentences, and filling in blanks with appropriate verbs.

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How To Write A Simple Sentence?: Grammar Module

This document provides instruction on writing simple sentences in English. It explains that a basic sentence contains a subject, verb, and object. Examples are given such as "Navind drinks tea." Parts of speech are identified in sample sentences. Students are instructed that the sentence structure remains the same between present and past tense, only changing the verb form. Exercises are included to practice forming simple sentences with given subjects and verbs, rearranging words into sentences, and filling in blanks with appropriate verbs.

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Grammar Module

1 How to write a simple sentence?

You can start with a basic sentence sentence.


• A Basic Sentence Pattern is: (Struktur asas ayat Bahasa Inggeris)

Subject + Verb + Object

Example:

Navind + drinks + tea = Navind drinks tea.

Zulia + writes + a letter = Zulia writes a letter.

The student + buys + two books = The student buys two books.

The cat + climbs + the tree = The cat climbs the tree.

My car + falls + into the drain = My car falls into the drain.

The building + stands + in the heart of KL = The building stands in the heart of KL.

Two girls + sit + on the sofa = Two girls sit on the sofa

The telepnone + rings + loudly = The telephone rings loudly

My neighbour + calls + my mother = My neighbour calls my mother.

• The summarsation is

Subject Verbs Object


Navind drinks tea
Zulia writes a letter
The student buys two books
The cat climbs the tree
My car falls into the drain
The building stands in the heart of KL
Two girls sit on the sofa.
The telephone Rings loudly

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Try to place the remaining words under the appropriate parts of speech.
• Let’s look at the dissected sentences

Subject Verbs

Past
Nouns Pronouns Present Tense Tense

The telephone I ring rang

The neighbour You call called

The student They buy bought

Navind We drink drank

The cat He climb climbed

Zulia She write wrote

The car It fall fell

• Be it the present or the past tense , the pattern is still the same .

Example:

a. The telephone rings.


The telephone rang just now.

b. The car falls into the drain.


The car fell into the drain yesterday.

c. My neighbour calls my mother.


My neighbour called my mother last night.

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d. Zulia writes the letter to her friend.
Zulia wrote the letter to her friend last week.

e. Ned drinks a glass of juice.


Ned drank a glass of juice .

NOTE: A basic sentence pattern must have at least a subject


and a verb. (Struktur ayat asas mempunyai subjek dan verb)

Exercise 1

Form fourteen simple sentences from the table by combining the subjects and the
verbs.

Subject Verb Object


Zulia chews at the stranger
The little girl takes slowly
A drunk driver laughs the biscuits
The child talks the books on the desk
Tom walks under a big tree
The old man examines fast
The shiny Cadillac moves the box with the red wrapper

Example:
1. The old man chews the biscuits.
2. Tom walks under a big tree.
3. ______________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________
7. ________________________________________________
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

Exercise 2

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Rearrange the words to form correct sentences.

1. plays/ the cat / with the ball = ________________________________________.

2. my purse/ steals / someone = ________________________________________.

3. shouts / at the shopkeeper/ the fierce = ___________________________________.

4. Tim / blinks/ his eyes =_________________________________________.

5. the famous lawyer / the convict / hires =__________________________________.

6. suggests/ the plump student / the for a picnic =______________________________.

7. the garden with neon lights/ decorate/ we =________________________________.

8. Aliyah / the rubbish / in the bin / throws =________________________________.

9. arranges/ the books/ on the rack/ my English teacher =_______________________.

10. examines/ the footprints/ the inspector = ________________________

Exercise 3

Fill in the blanks with the most suitable verbs

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Simple Sentences in the Past Tense

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