LJ 3 - Writing practice (part 3)

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• Studiejaar 3

Writing practice 

Lesson goals

• Discuss the writing styles and various types of structure 
• Sentence structure 
• Homework: Practice punctuation and capitalization

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. Subordinating conjunctions; Conjunctions are used to link dependent clauses to independent clauses. 

Example: If you work hard, you will succeed. 

Articles

What are articles?

Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific. 

• The indefinite article takes two forms. It’s the word a when it precedes a word that begins with a consonant (medeklinker). It’s the word an when it precedes a word that begins with a vowel (klinker).

• The definite article is the word the. It limits the meaning of a noun to one particular thing. 

Articles

....... customer came in to ........... store yesterday. She had ........... complaint about ............. service. She told .......... manager that .......... employee had forgotten to give her ........ 20% discount that was advertised in ........... newspaper.   ............ manager explained to her that there was no discount on .............. electric toothbrushes.  

Articles: (a/an/the/X)

a

a

an

the

the

the

the

the

the

X

Writing styles

News Article

Try to find out the name of the customer service manager or director and address your letter to them personally. Begin your letter with Dear Mr, Mrs, Miss or Ms followed by their surname. If you cannot find the name of the customer service manager, simply write Dear Sir or Madam.

Address your letter to the customer service department. When writing a letter of complaint, your best chance of success will come from directing the letter to the customer service department of the company. 

Try to find out the name of the customer service manager or director and address your letter to them personally. Begin your letter with Dear Mr, Mrs, Miss or Ms followed by their surname. If you cannot find the name of the customer service manager, simply write Dear Sir or Madam.

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Punctuation and capitalization