BV3 lesson 6 Sentence building: word order

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 4

Terms	meaning
To	1. Primary recipients-ontvanger(s) - FYA. 2. All recipients are visible to all other recipients.
CC	A copy of the email is sent and the emailaddress is visible - FYI.
BCC	A copy of the email is sent and the emailaddress is not visible to others.
Subject	Short summary of contents
Attachment	A file, such as an image or document, that is sent along with the email.

Lay out email

Introduction: why am I writing this email?

 

Body: information about ...

Conclusion: Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you in advance.

Thank you for your consideration.

Greeting and closing 

Formal

Dear Sir/Madam,

Dear Mr Rocks,

Dear Ms Rocks,

Yours sincerely,

Informal

Hi Ben,

Dear Kate,

Bye, 

Template

From :

To :

CC :

Subject :

Mail itself : 

Information and attachments

Word order: differences

Mijn vrienden willen vanavond naar een Italiaans

restaurant gaan.

My friends want to go to an Italian restaurant tonight.

In het Nederlands ziet een standaard zin er zo uit:

Onderwerp (wie) - Werkwoord (doet) Tijd (wanneer) Plaats (Waar)- 2e werkwoord (wat)

In het Engels ziet een standaard zin er zo uit:

Time (tijd) - Subject (wie) - Verbs (doet) - Object (wat) - Place

Verschil bespreken door middel van het voorbeeld.

(waar) - Time (wanneer)

wie

doet

wat

waar

wanneer

Word Order

Carolyn

right now.

is walking

on the beach

her dog

wie?

doet?

wat?

waar?

wanneer?

Word Order

We

in the park

go

roller-skating

every Saturday

wie?

bijwoord

doet?

wat?

waar?

wanneer?

Word Order

George

outside

tennis

played

never

last summer

Word order

In pairs

Make a sentence.

Pay attention to the right word order.

Wie

doet

wat

waar

wanneer

Exercises

Do exercise A.

Affirmative=statement, gewone zin met punt.

Hand out pages 22 and 23 from Email English.

Answers

Simple Sentences

A simple sentence has one independent clause and expresses a complete thought.

One subject and one verb. 

My grandmother has the flu.

Explain what a simple sentence is and provide an example. Ask students to come up with their own simple sentence examples.

Compound Sentences

A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.

One or more subjects, two or more verbs.

My grandmother has the flu and lies in bed.

Explain what a compound sentence is and provide an example. Have students identify the coordinating conjunction in the example sentence.

Complex Sentences

A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

Words like because, although, after, when, before, which, that, who, whose connect the sentences.

My grandmother lies in bed because she has the flu.

Explain what a complex sentence is and provide an example. Have students identify the dependent clause in the example sentence.

Exercises

Do exercise B and C.

Answers

Exercise B

Email 1

1                              5

4                             9

7                             2

11                            10

13                            6

15                            12

3                              14

8

Email 2

1                               9

5                              3   

8                              6

10                            14

12                             11

15                             7

4                               13

2

Casus 

Write a good body paragraph about this week's 'casus' in order to inform your colleagues. Try to incorporate complex sentences. 

What is a clause?

A clause is a group of words that functions as one part of speech and that includes a subject (onderwerp) and verb(werkwoord).

1. Independent clause; A sentence that contains a subject and a verb - It can stand alone

Example: He will succeed. 

2. Dependent clause; Contains a subject and a verb, but it cannot stand alone. 

Example: If you work hard

3. Adverbial clause; a group of words that function as an adverb and that contains a subject and a verb. 

Example: When the sun rises, we will escape.

What are clauses?

Sentence structure types

From this perspective, the English sentence has four major building blocks:

1. Simple Sentence Structure:

one independent clause.

2. Compound Sentence Structure:

two independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction (aka FANBOYS).

3. Complex Sentence Structure:

one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

4. Compound-Complex Sentence Structure:

  two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.