1. SEMANTIC
Group:
Andrea Labanda
Alexa Riofrìo
Dalia Tillaguango
Dayra
Yanangomez
Teacher:
Paola Moreno

2. SEMANTI
C
SENTENCES
UTTERANCES
DEFINITION
TYPES:
SIMPLE EXAMPLES
COMPOUND
EXAMPLES
COMPLEX
EXAMPLES
COMPOUND COMPLEX
EXAMPLES
 DEFINITION
 EXAMPLES
 CHARACTERISTICS
PROPOSITIONS
DEFINITION
EXAMPLES
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3. Largest unit of grammar.
Order and arrangement of the clauses in a
sentence, express a complete thought.
Written or spoken.
SUBJECT + FINITE VERB
Example: I work in Loja
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6. It is called an independent clause.
Express a complete thought
Examples:
- Juan and Arturo play football every afternoon.
- Some students like to study in the mornings.
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7. Two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The
coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
Coordinators are always preceded by a comma.
Examples:
- I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak
English.
- Alejandro played football, so Maria went shopping.
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8. Independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.
Subordinator such as:
 because, since, after, although, when or a relative pronoun such as
that, who, or which.
• Examples:
- When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher
the last page.
- The teacher returned the homework after she noticed the error.
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9. A compound-complex sentence is made from two
independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
CONNECTORS FOR COMPOUNDCOMPLEX SENTENCES
The complex and simple sentences may be joined by a coordinating
conjunction or conjunctive adverbs.
Examples of Conjunctive Adverbs:
o furthermore, meanwhile, therefore, hence, moreover, thus, however,
and nevertheless
Examples of Coordinating Conjunctions:
o for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so
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10. Examples:
o We decided that the movie was too violent, but
our children, who like to watch scary movies,
thought that we were wrong.
Independent clause: "We decided that the movie
was too violent"
Independent clause: "(but) our children thought
that we were wrong"
Dependent clause: who like to watch scary movies

12. An utterance can be a word, a phrase,
or an entire sentence.
HOW DO YOU USE UTTERANCE IN A SENTENCE?
Let every utterance from your mouth be true and full of
conviction when you discuss your passions.
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13. It is spoken
Physical events
Maybe grammatical or not
A piece of language
Meaningful
Specific time
By a specific person
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16. It is that part of the meaning of a clause or sentence that is constant.
It’s a claim about world. It just the form of an idea.
It’s a (potential) fact about the word, which can be true
or false.
Examples:
The boy is playing football.
Two plus two makes four