Monday, 30 August 2010

Higher Education Study Preparation Programme at University of Central Lancashire HESPP Writing skills, session 1

What is a sentence?

Simple sentences & parts of a sentence
1 subject, 1 verb
My father is an engineer.
2 subjects, 1 verb
My brother and his wife live in Oxford.
1 subject, 2 verbs
He lives and works in Preston.
2 subjects, 2 verbs
Her mother and father were born and grew up in India.

Subject + Verb + Complement

I study English.
I don’t understand you.
His girlfriend is smart.
It isn’t raining now.

He lives in Preston.
The children are at school.

Capital Letters

I
First word of a sentence
Acronyms
Names/titles
Places
Nationalities/languages
Days/months

The writing process

Identify your audience

Define your purpose

Collect your ideas

Select the material

Structure your ideas

Write!

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