COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES- I ENGLISH WRITING 26. WRITING SKILLS: COMBINING AND EXPANDING SENTENCES This is the second lesson under the fifth Unit in which you will be working on advanced tools used to construct, combine and expand various forms of sentences. This will hone your skills further and will prove useful in the writing of paragraphs and passages later. This lesson moves forward from the previous lesson in this unit and is a continuation of the concepts covering the basic aspects of sentence formation.
26.0 Objectives By the end of this lesson you will: i. ii.
form various types of sentences using links, combining and expanding techniques compose sentences that bring about unity while linking, combining and expanding thoughts and ideas, in all, sentences in a logically structured form
26.1 Introduction As you are aware, writing is one of the four basic components of communication. You are also aware that any written matter comprises of sentences. The first step to writing, therefore, would be to acquire the necessary practice in writing sentences. You are familiar with writing simple, compound and complex sentences. Now, we take you one step further and discuss more tools for effective sentence formation. The concepts introduced here are more sophisticated and help in writing better sentences and consequently better paragraphs. You need to pay careful attention and make a conscious effort to understand the tools explained for better sentence formation. See how they apply to the given examples. Thereafter, try to create similar sentences to see if you have really understood the rules. The more you practice and apply these correctly the more your writing skills will get enhanced.
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