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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

Try It Out! Write each group of sentences from the preceding exercise as a paragraph.
Make your paragraphs flow smoothly by adding time order signal words or

phrases at the beginning of some of the sentences.

Sentence Structure

MODEL How to Give the Cat a Pill
Clauses and 1 Giving a pill to a cat is a process that requires creativity and
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Complex determination. The first step is to pick the cat up and hold it
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Sentences in your left arm like a baby. With your left thumb and
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forefinger, gently squeeze the eat's cheeks open. As soon as
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the cat opens its mouth, put in the pill. AIIow the cat to close
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its mouth and swallow. Next, retrieve the pill from the floor
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and the cat from behind the sofa. The second step is to
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repeat the first step. This time, however, hold the eat's
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mouth closed while you count to ten. Then retrieve the pill
from the goldfish bowl and the cat from behind the washing
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machine. The third step is to call a neighbor for help. When
the neighbor arrives, ask him to hold the eat's body firmly between his knees and its
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head between his hands. Then force open the eat's mouth with a wooden stick and
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push in the pill. After that, retrieve the cat from the curtain rod, make a note to
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repair the curtains, and bandage your neighbor's hands. Now get a new pill for a
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final attempt. Tie the eat's four paws together with strong rope, and tie the cat
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securely to the leg of the dining table. After you put on heavy-duty gloves, hide the
pill in a large piece of fish, push it into the eat's mouth, and pour in a quart of water to
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wash it all down. 0n your way home from the emergency room (where the doctor
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sewed up your bleeding arm), order a new dining table and call the SPCA to come get
the cat.

Questions on the Model
1. Look at sentence 3. What is the verb? What kind of sentence is it-simple
or compound? (Note: This sentence is a command. In commands, we
understand that the subject is you, but you is not expressed.)
2. Find other simple sentences that are commands. How many can you find?
3. Look at sentence 8. How many SV combinations does it contain? What
word connects them?

In previous lessons, you learned about simple sentences and compound

sentences. In this lesson, you will study a third kind of sentence, called a
complex sentence.

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