PAPER 2

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SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION
PART 1: FORMULA VOLVO

STEP 1: DRAW THE S-V-Wh DIAGRAM

Subject Verb Wh

STEP 2: Find the verbs.

weighing holding

wrapping carrying buying

chopping

Subject

Verb

Wh

weighing wrapping carrying holding buying chopping

STEP 3: Find the Subject.

assistant fishmonger poultry hawker

man

woman

Subject

Verb

Wh

assistant fishmonger woman woman man poultry hawker

weighing wrapping carrying holding buying chopping

STEP 4: Find the Wh .

crabs weighing what? holding what? cuttlefish

buying what? crabs

wrapping what? fish

carrying what? basket

chopping what? chicken

Subject

Verb

Wh

assistant fishmonger woman woman man poultry hawker

weighing wrapping carrying holding buying chopping

crabs fish basket cuttlefish crabs chickens

STEP 5: Write simple sentences.

An assistant is weighing some crabs. A fishmonger is wrapping some fish. A woman is carrying a basket. A woman is holding a cuttlefish. A man is buying some crabs. A poultry hawker is chopping a chicken.

STEP 6: Combine simple sentences to form compound sentences.

Simple sentence 1: A fishmonger is wrapping some fish. Simple sentence 2: An assistant is weighing some crabs. Compound sentence: A fishmonger is wrapping some fish and his assistant is weighing some crabs.

Simple sentence 1: A woman is carrying a basket. Simple sentence 2: A woman is holding a cuttlefish. Compound sentence: A woman is carrying a basket while holding a cuttlefish.

STEP 7: Write complex sentences with adjectives and adverbs

The fishmonger who is wearing a hat is wrapping some fish with newspapers and his assistant who is smiling happily is weighing some crabs with a weighing scale. The woman who is wearing a headscarf is holding a cuttlefish while carrying a basket full of vegetables. The bald poultry seller is chopping a chicken at his stall which is next to the fish stall.

PRACTISE 1

STEP 1: Find the verbs.

playing napping cooking

studying

STEP 2: Find the Subjects.

boy father mother

younger brothers

STEP 3: Find the Wh .

computer games on the sofa in the kitchen

at the coffee table

STEP 4: Write simple sentences.

A boy is playing computer games. His two younger brothers are studying at the coffee table. His mother is cooking in the kitchen. His father is napping on the sofa.

PRACTISE 2

PRACTISE 3

SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION
PART 2: FORMULA TITANIC

STEP 1: Draw the TiTa diagram Diagram S

There is a singular noun Wh

STEP 1: Draw the TiTa diagram Diagram P

There are *number singular several noun a few some Wh

STEP 2: Find the nouns

chickens crabs fish

weighing scale

cuttlefish

basket stalls

STEP 3: S or P? Diagram S

basket
weighing scale

Diagram P
There are *number several a few some plural nouns Wh

crabs fish cuttlefish chickens stalls

STEP 4: Complete the diagrams

There There There is is is a a a singular noun
basket weighing scale

Wh at the stalls. on the counter.

There

are

There There There There

are are are are

*number several a few some some a few several some

plural nouns

Wh

crabs fish cuttlefish chickens

at the fish stall. at the chicken stall. in the picture.

There

are

two

stalls

STEP 5: Write simple sentences

There is a basket at the fish stall. There is a weighing scale on the counter. There are some crabs at the fish stall. There are a few fish at the fish stall. There are several chickens at the chicken stall. There are two stalls in the picture.

STEP 6: Combine the simple sentences to make compound sentences.