Compound+and+complex+sentences


 * Compound and complex sentences **

__**Prepositions, articles and phrases **__ **Prepositions** A preposition is a word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else, for example, **after **, **before **, **on **, **under **, **inside **, **outside **. After walking for miles she rested **on ** a small hill.

An article is a word that tells you whether a noun is specific or general, for example **a **, **an **, **the **. //She took **a** big suitcase on holiday. // //She took **the** big suitcase on holiday. //
 * Articles**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">A ** tells you that the noun **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">suitcase ** is general. It’s not talking about any particular suitcase, it’s any old big suitcase.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The ** tells you it was a particular **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">suitcase **. Perhaps she has a big suitcase and a small one. She took **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">the ** big suitcase.

A phrase is a group of words that could be replaced by a single part of speech – for example, a noun.The **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">useless new camera ** didn’t work. The phrase **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">useless, new camera ** could be replaced by the noun **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">camera **.
 * Phrases**

A sentence has a capital letter at the beginning and ends with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark. It must have a verb in it and it must make complete sense all on its own.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">__Sentences and paragraphs__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Sentences **

Some sentences can be broken up into smaller sentences. These simple sentences are called clauses. //**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">She ran down the road **////<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> but **he chose to walk**. // This sentence is made up of two clauses, both of which could work on their own as simple sentences.
 * Clauses**

A conjunction is a word that joins two sentences or clauses, for example, **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">and **, **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">but **, **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">although **, **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">whenever **. He went to the cinema **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">and ** she went swimming. Amy took her mp3 player with her **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">but ** she forgot to take any batteries for it.
 * Conjunctions**

A paragraph is a collection of sentences all about the same thing. When you are doing a long piece of writing, collect your sentences together into paragraphs. This makes your writing easier to read. Start a new line after each paragraph.
 * Paragraph**

You may want to leave a space before you start the next paragraph. Some people like to start the first line of a new paragraph a little way in from the edge of the page. This is called an **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">indent **.

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