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  • Hey everyone welcome back to my channel this is Dori I am a teacher of

  • English

  • and today we're going to talk about how to write

  • complex sentences as you know in your

  • writing you're asked to write complex sentences and this is really

  • important

  • for your IELTS marking. The thing is that most of

  • you try to write in a complex way but

  • this eventually comes against you because you end up making

  • too many mistakes. So, if you are not 100% sure

  • that what you're writing is correct then

  • better not to write it all better be simple than sorry right

  • however, today I'm going to show you how to write

  • complex sentences and be correct

  • at the same time first things first

  • what do we mean by saying a simple sentence

  • a simple sentence is a sentence that consists

  • of the subject the person that does something

  • and a verb for example

  • Mary the subject and "is" the verb

  • another example

  • the dog the subject and ate the verb

  • okay that's it! these are just simple

  • sentences that are made up

  • by a verb and a subject. These sentences can totally stand on their own

  • that's why we call them independent because

  • they don't need anything else! Now, a very important punctuation tip!

  • when you have two or more simple sentences together

  • you never use a comma

  • between them for example if you have

  • these three sentences

  • are simple sentences okay you can never

  • connect them with a comma: this is wrong instead

  • we use a semi-colon between them

  • Keep that in mind not only for your IELTS writing but also for your academic studies

  • Now, what is a compound sentence

  • again nothing to confuse you: a compound sentence consists

  • of two or more simple sentences

  • independent sentences together but

  • this time they are not connected with a semicolon

  • but they are connected with another linking

  • word for example

  • another example

  • These connecting

  • words that connect two simple sentences together in order to form a compound sentence

  • are called fanboys in grammar because it is very easy for you to remember

  • them

  • in this way for example if you put the word fanboys in a vertical

  • way then you have "for" "and" "nor"

  • "but" "or" "yet" and "So"

  • of course there are more linking words that you can use

  • but these are the most commonly used and it is very easy for you to remember them in

  • this way now what is a complex

  • sentence? A complex sentence consists

  • of a simple sentence again and a

  • sentence that cannot stand

  • on its own that is a dependent sentence

  • okay for example

  • as you can see in this example Mary

  • is unhappy can totally stand on its

  • own but the dependent sentence because the cake

  • is not tasty cannot stand on

  • its own it doesn't make sense it needs the simple sentence in order to make sense

  • right so in a complex sentence simple

  • and dependent sentences are connected together

  • with a linking word and usually a comma

  • These linking words are

  • there are numerous of them, so let's see another example

  • Now let's use what we've just learnt in order to make IELTS Task2

  • level examples. So we will take

  • random simple sentences together

  • these could be your notes. For example,

  • Okay now we can take these

  • simple sentences and we can make a

  • single complex sentence for example

  • So we took our random notes

  • our simple sentences and we formed

  • a single complex sentence: we connected

  • the first two sentences with the word "and" and we made a

  • compound sentence and then we used

  • connecting words and made the other two sentences dependent

  • this is very useful when you have written down ideas

  • in your notes with reasons and examples and you don't know how to connect them

  • together in a single paragraph and

  • of course in a more complex way

Hey everyone welcome back to my channel this is Dori I am a teacher of

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IELTS Writing: How to write complex sentences! - english video

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    Jay Terry Sky posted on 2016/10/19
Video vocabulary

Keywords

sentence

US /ˈsɛntəns/

UK /'sentəns/

  • noun
  • Official punishment given by a court of law
  • Set of words that make a whole statement
  • verb
  • (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
subject

US /ˈsʌbdʒekt/

UK /'sʌbdʒɪkt/

  • noun
  • Citizen of an area or country
  • The person or thing that does the action of a verb
  • People who take part in experiments or tests
  • An area of study at school, e.g. math, history
  • What a book, article etc. is about; theme
  • verb
  • To cause to suffer or experience something
write

US /raɪt/

UK /raɪt/

  • verb
  • To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
  • To invent or create a computer program
  • To create a song or piece of music
word

US /wɚd/

UK /wɜ:d/

  • noun
  • Unit of language that has a meaning
  • Promise
  • Short remark or piece of information
  • verb
  • To express something by choosing particular words
writing

US /ˈraɪtɪŋ/

UK /ˈraɪtɪŋ/

  • other
  • To invent or create a computer program
  • noun
  • The act of composing letters on paper
  • verb
  • To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
  • To invent or create a computer program
  • To create a song or piece of music
learnt

US /lɜ:rnt/

UK /lɜ:nt/

  • verb
  • To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
easy

US /ˈizi/

UK /ˈi:zi/

  • adjective
  • Not hard to do; not difficult
remember

US /rɪˈmɛmbɚ/

UK /rɪ'membə(r)/

  • other
  • To celebrate or commemorate an event or person.
  • To bring back to mind; to have in memory again.
  • To keep in mind; to not forget.
  • To commemorate or honor someone or something.
  • To show respect for someone who has died, especially by a public act or ceremony.
  • To not forget; to keep in mind for future action.
  • To convey one's greetings or regards to someone.
  • To bring back to one's mind an awareness of (someone or something from the past).
  • To keep in mind for future action or consideration.
  • To convey one's greetings or regards to someone.
  • To keep in mind; to retain information.
  • To convey one's greetings or regards to someone.
  • verb
  • To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • To hold a thought in your mind to not forget it
  • To bring a previous image or idea to your mind
cake

US /keɪk/

UK /keɪk/

  • verb
  • To cover with a thing that becomes hard when dried
  • To become dried into a hardened mass
  • noun
  • Sweet baked food made from flour, eggs, fat, sugar
important

US /ɪmˈpɔrtnt/

UK /ɪmˈpɔ:tnt/

  • adjective
  • Having power or authority
  • Valuable or essential to retain.
  • Necessary or crucial.
  • Having serious consequences; momentous.
  • Having a big effect on (person, the future)
  • Of great consequence; serious.
  • Having high rank or status; influential.
  • Of great significance or value; likely to have a profound effect on success, survival, or well-being.
  • noun
  • A matter of great significance.
  • other
  • A matter of great significance.