I will do my best to give the summary of each week and to help you practice more. You just need to click on the highlighted words or phrases. You are more than welcome if you post your assignments here.
This week, we have focused on different types of sentences and try to extend sentences.
Lets' have a look at a simple sentence and do our best to extend it. Click on the highlihted sentence ans see how it is expanded.
Besides, we have had a chance to practice coordinators: and, so, for,, but, yet, nor (FANBOYS).
Hope you have learnt how to connect sentences using sentence connectors and complete simple sentences with sentence connectors.
Have a look at the list for the help.
Have a look at the list for the help.
1) Coordinators
Coordinators (and, but, so, or, nor, for*, yet*) connect elements of equal importance.
Coordinators (and, but, so, or, nor, for*, yet*) connect elements of equal importance.
| S + V , but S + V S + V and V S or S + V N and N Adj. and Adj. Phrase and Phrase Can be used in a series: A, B, C, or D | (A comma is normally used.) (No comma is necessary.) |
| Examples: He drinks coffee, but she drinks tea. | (S + V , coordinator S +V) |
Gary lives in Ohio, and Deana lives in Michigan.
She loves to dance, so she bought a studio.
You could buy a car, or you could put the money in the bank.
When there is a new subject and verb, a comma is used before (not after) the coordinator.
I hate to sing but, I love to dance. (Incorrect)
I hate to sing, but I love to dance. (Correct)
She loves to dance, so she bought a studio.
You could buy a car, or you could put the money in the bank.
When there is a new subject and verb, a comma is used before (not after) the coordinator.
I hate to sing but, I love to dance. (Incorrect)
I hate to sing, but I love to dance. (Correct)
| John and George both play football. Paul listens to music and reads books. John, Paul, George, and Harry are classmates. | (two subjects) (two verbs) (series) |
*For is also commonly used as a preposition. Yet can sometimes be used as an adverb.
2) Subordinators
Subordinators are linking words that are used to join clauses together. They are used at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence. A clause is a group of words that must contain a subject and predicate. There are two types of clauses:
2) Subordinators
Subordinators are linking words that are used to join clauses together. They are used at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence. A clause is a group of words that must contain a subject and predicate. There are two types of clauses:
- independent clauses - these can stand alone as a sentence by themselves
- dependent clauses - these make no sense by themselves.
Example
Common Subordinators
Below are some examples of commonly used subordinators.
| Comparison & Contrast | Cause / effect | Time |
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3) Sentence connectors
Sentence connectors are used to link ideas from one sentence to the next and to give paragraphs coherence. Sentence connectors perform different functions and are placed at the beginning of a sentence. They are used to introduce, order, contrast, sequence ideas, theory, data etc. The following table lists useful connectors.
Sentence connectors are used to link ideas from one sentence to the next and to give paragraphs coherence. Sentence connectors perform different functions and are placed at the beginning of a sentence. They are used to introduce, order, contrast, sequence ideas, theory, data etc. The following table lists useful connectors.
Useful Sentence Connectors
Logical / sequential order
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Contrast
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Comparison
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YanıtlaSilSOCIAL MEDIA
YanıtlaSilThere are several reasons for bad effects of social media on family relationships.Firstly, social media has subliminal messages that affects badly a person ‘s life. For instance, if u watched a video that has subliminal messages in your childhod, you can be nervous because of bad effects of subliminal messages.Moreover, that causes to hurt your parents and your siblings.Secondly,surfing internet causes to waste your time. For example, a person should spend her/his time for her/his family, but surfing internet prevents it, then her/his family relationships is affected badly.In short, This paragraph implicates various causes which are worse relationships from social media in a family.
Ferid ÇELEN
How to books and music influence people similarly or differ?This paragraph mentions about differences and similarities between influences of books and music on people.People are wondering around them everything and search or observe everything after that people get some experience therefore they want to share their experiences because people are in search of meaning of life so they tell their experiences with books or music.Firstly,there is a similarity between books and music this point is 'to get rid of loneliness' when people get bored or feel alone they read a book or listen music because humans find something which is looks like his or her character.Firstly I talked similarity however there are some differences.Secondly,both music and books ifluence people nevertheless most people think music ifluence people quickly and more enjoyable than books the most part of people prefer to listen music.Finally book's charge does not over so you can read books easily.To sum up music change human's emotional life more quickly and more easily against to books but if you read book you play the hero of novel's life so book influence you slowly.
YanıtlaSilListening Music and Reading Book
YanıtlaSilListening music and reading book have numerous influences on people in common.The first and most obvious similarity between these activities is that they are both relaxing.When people influenced very bad , these people both read the book and listened the music.Thus , people forget about bad memories and they influence comfortable.Another similar point is that they are written by people who have truelife stroies.Accordingly , while people did these activies , they felt that these stories had provied real lifes , so these activies make feel realistic.Finally both reading book and listening music have many informations for people life.Especially students with reading book and listening music can study their lessons . These two activies assist to learn their lessons.Consequently , people had learnt both easily and enjoyably . To sum up , these two activies resemble each other in numerous respects.
There are several causes children to rebel against their parents.First of all,one of the most significant reasons is psychological problem.For instance,especially children who are on the adolescence may be rebellious individuals agaiinnst their parents because of in search on their identity.Therefore,the most important mission is that parents have to deal with their children at this term more than back.Another reason is that media affects to children.To illustrate,the violence scenes which are in television series or movie affects children badly.Also,the children who watch this series and movie take that as a model to themselves.So,they try to do in their real life.Finally,other reason is that generation gap .Generally,there are numerous age gap between the children and their parents.Its also,it leads to disagreements between their each other .So,the children rebel against their parents .In a nutshell,there are great reasons children to rebel against their parents.
YanıtlaSilBook and music resemble each other in several ways. Firstly, they display your emotions and psychological situations. Someone can understand your emotions as look at your books and music list. Some people listen slow, love musics when they love. Besides, some people read doleful books while they are living hard period. For example, I listen Emre Aydın when I experienced a bad and doleful day. Secondly, they can change your sensations and feelings. They influence strikingly your life. I think, you should listen music after you experience bad day; moreover, you might read a book. You will feel better because of listening music and reading book. When you do them, you will think distinct things. For example, you had better listen music or read a book until ou get over your angry situation ; otherwise , you could do wrong things which you will regret. I do it, too. I listen music after I lived a discuss ;also, I feel better when I do it.To sum up , there are many similarities between book and music.
YanıtlaSilEffects of Music and Books
YanıtlaSilThere are a lot of differences between influence of books and influence of music on people.Both of them play a major role on human life because they have the artistic power.However,when we look book and music effects,we can see 3 main difference.
One of the difference is music associate with mathematichs.For example John Newlands who is the famous British chemist and also genius on the mathematic,likened to the octaves of music notes.On the other hand books are predominantly looking like verbal line.
Another difference is music wants to talent for itself.Everybody can read a book but,we can just say for this reason because writing a book is a totaly separate topic.Also music needs a voic,well-prepaired notes and especially feelings.
A final difference is mind effects.Music players mind's associate any words just in 30 seconds shorter than normal minds according to Vanderbirth Psychology Department.For that cause these people has more higher IQ capasity than the others.On the other hand books has got a special qualifie too for human mind.This is the imagination.The more people read a book, the more their imagination world evolved.To sum up there has got a very clear differences each other and will always be in.
Batuhan Sevengil
SOCİAL MEDİA
YanıtlaSilSocial media has several bad effects on family relationships. First of all, recently everyone has had smart phones or tablets which make people dependent on. All of the people want to review what is happening in their social media accounts; consequently, they do not deal with their family. Secondly, people share everything which is about their private life. Therefore, this situation can distrub family members. Ultimately, children also use Internet and social media. They prefer to play games on phone instead of playing games on the street. This occasion causes the deterioration of children’s psychology and friendships. To sum up, it is undeniable fact that there are numerous terrible effects of social media on family relationships.
It is the most common problems faced by parents that children to rebel against their parents.There are several reasons why children oppose to their parents.The first significant reason is that they are jealous of their siblings.They argue with their parents and siblings result from their parents do not behave equally among siblings.Another reason for children to rebel their parents is that parent's carelessness.If their parents are unconcerned,children may feel alone themselves,and they incline away from their parents,so they are very angry with parents and shout at them.A final reason is school problems.Children get a low grade;therefore,their parents angry with them,and compare them to others.In short,parents should understand their children,and should not find wrong to other side always.
YanıtlaSilsimilarities between influences of books and influences of music
YanıtlaSilThere are several smilarities between influence of music and influence of books. Firstly, both of them relieves you when you are upset, nerves, or sad. People forget memories which cause to feel them bad. Secondly, both of them helps us to learning foreign language. When people want learn a language, they begin with reading a book which are writen for learning language. Also, you can learn pronunciation of words by listening music.Finally, they writen by a human to to describe their feelings. Many of musics and books are writen because of memory which is experienced by authors. To conclude, effects of music and effects of books resemble in varius way.
A lot of children rebel against their parents for several reasons.First reason is that their parents don't care enough about their children; therefore,children become rebellious.For instance,children who want to make new friends are the most common among children that become rebellious.When children succeed to make friend,they tell their parents in a excited way.However,their parents don't care that what they tell.Thus,children become rebellious.Secondly, children rebel against their parents on account of the fact that their parents care about them more than enough.If their parents intermeddle all their children affairs,they become rebellious. For example ; When children have a boy or girl friend they want to date them.However, whenever children go out their parents ask a lot of questions such as where are you going,who is coming with you,what will you do etc. .Thus, children become angry and they start shouting because of these questions.This situation causes children to become rebellious.The conclusion that comes out is that there are many reasons for children being rebellious.
YanıtlaSilWhat causes children to rebel against their parents?
YanıtlaSilThere are several reasons for children to rebel against their parents. First of all, children may be rebellious individuals because of their reaching from their parents. For example, if a child grows up without its parents communication or interests, this child rebels to other people. Therefore, parents should raise their children very well. Secondly, friendship is one of the most important reason for children to be a rebellious person. For instance, changing the children’s behaviours depend on their friends. If children spend their times with rebellious people, and want to be likely them, these children’s actions may be change gradually. Thus, parents should orientate their children for having good friendships. Finally, adolescence also effect children to be a rebellious person for their parents. For example, children sometimes have different behaviour because of adolescence’s hormones. Therefore, parents should deal with their children more than before. To sum up, children might be rebellious individuals for many reasons to their parents.
SELIM KARAASLAN
Social Media and Family
YanıtlaSilAt the present time social media is indispensable part of our lives. People all around the World are using social media such as facebook, twitter, instagram etc. Well, what effect has social media had on family relationships? First of all, children are using social media more than parents and sharing personal information on the internet. For example, once my neighbor’s son shared father’s politics so my neighbor had fired and divorced from him wife. Besides, using social media too much causes communication disorder on family. For instance, when all family members come together, everyone looks cell phones or tablets and do not speak each other. None of them do not share feelings each other because they are sharing everything such as feelings on the social media. Moreover, people who use social media wants to have the latest product, as a result they have to face economical problem. For example, my cousin wants to buy new Iphone but my uncle can’t buy it; therefore, both of them argue everytime. In brief, using social media too much affects our family relationships so badly.
SOCIAL MEDIA AND FAMILY
YanıtlaSilSocial media effects family realitionships in numerous way. Firstly, some students go to the abroad for studying; moreover, they can not see their family's. Social media provide them to keep in touch. Secondly, social media damages the realitionships because most people gawp the mobile phones for social media instead of chatting their familiy's. Thus, the realitionships have declined. Finally, if there is a problem in family, social media help the person to solve the problem. Social media has many information about all life. It also has solutions of the familiy's problem. The person who has a problem find a solution easily in social media. In short, social media has many good or bad effects of familiy realitionships.
Music and books have several similarities and differences. One similarity is they are both amusing. We become happy when we listen to music and read a book. On the other hand, people generally listen to music when they fall in love, also espectually emotional music. Otherwise they read love themed books. Actually music is everywhere. In the same away book selection. For instance just as we feel unhappy if we listen quick music, our unhappiness decline. Briefly, they influence good side or bad side our psychology. Finally, books influence us for a long time but music doesn't. For illustrate, we spend more time for reading book. To sum up, we have everything we need right now to be completely happy.
YanıtlaSilIt is very common for children to experience a period of rebellion against their parents.Therefore, there must be several reasons.Initially, parents usually do not give the children permission to do something what they want to do.For instance, children normally want to do something which influences might be harmful.However, when children suffer from something such kind of pain or injury, they do not know that their parents feel badly.It is the another reason that children consider that their parents may not understand themselves.Maybe it is true because of that parents might not think like a child.In this way, children probably rebel towards their parents.Lastly, everything is all right by a child in the world, but parents have many experiences about various problems and they want children to get the same experiences to live easily in the world without difficulty of getting these experiences.While parents are preparing children to life, they could be ignoring children's demands.As a result, children might rebel against their parents for this reason.
YanıtlaSilAs a consequence, there are a lot of reasons for why do children rebel against their parents.
Social media affects family relationships in many difference aspects. First of all, family that use the internet do not communicate each other without Facebook or Twitter since many parents go on the internet more than before. Therefore, in the course of time they share everything on the internet but do not share anything at home. Secondly, tv series introduce people a totally different life. A person who is a teenage imitates artist who acts the series in his life. Also his expectations from his family vary as a result of that. To sum up, social media influences family connection significantly.
YanıtlaSilErva TURGUT
Music and Book
YanıtlaSilThe influence of music and the influence of books are similar in several ways on people.Firstly, both of them relieve people who are under
stres , or want to relax.According to psychologist, people who read book ,or listen music ordinary become more happy in their life,Besides, they become more successful than others.Secondly,listining music can significantly improve reasoning skills just as reading book can.Moreover, some recent research has shown that students who read ,and listen a lot become more understanding.Finally,they are equally reflecting our personality. Based on the research , people’s personalty can be predict looking at the people’s music ,or book choices . For instance,people who listen blues have high self-esteem, are creative, outgoing, gentle, and at ease ,or read crime story are creative and outgoing.To sum up, the influence of music and the influence of books have a lot of similarities such as relieve people , do more happy , improve reasoning skills and show personality.
The music and the books are two significant things for humans life. They are nourishment of our souls. Also, they have similar effects on human lifes. Firstly, there are six billion people in this enormous world. While a Turkish boy is watching the sun set, an American girl is watching the sun rising . Even though they have a lot of distinctions, they can come together and connect to eachother with music and books. The music and the books help us to tell our feelings and situations to whole globe. An author can attain to many people, and make them understand a child in a war or financial problems in this world. People can feel the same enthusiasm with the rhythm of a song. Secondly, the music and the books both are the easiest way to relax. They can take the people to a imagination world , and abstract from the real one. When you feel stressful, you can listen a classic music , and you can feel more peaceful. While you are reading a book, you put yourself into the character. You feel the emotions which are the character feels;therefore, you forget your life problems for a short time, and you feel like a different person. In short, the music and the books are very important and they have significant influences on people.
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