Sentence Writing guide

Now let's practice!

If I let out an old shirt and borrow a pair of oversized trousers,I will be able to dress as a scarecrow for the fancy dress party.

• Use a conditional [to let out | fancy | oversized]

Charlie tried walking in high-heeled shoes and sprained his ankle, which caused a lot of pain.

• Use a sentential relative clause + [high-heeled | to sprain | pain]

You will need to use the structure provided and choose two lexical items.

It is estimated that after the earthquake, more than 200 people have been buried under the debris of collapsed buildings, most of whom are dead or in danger of dying.

• Use the passive form + [danger | to bury | to estimate]

• Use a structure to ask about a plan
• to take in
• waistcoat
• upcoming

• Begin with "although"
• alfresco
• wilderness
• sound (as part of an idiom)

• Use the passive form
• danger
• to bury
• to estimate

• Lexical items: the words you should choose from.
• Structure: the grammatical structure that should be present in your example.

The instructions include two items:

Check spelling and punctutation.

Put grammar into practice.

Keep your personal glossary updated.

Do not forget:

Some examples:

What does it consist of?

Sentence building is an acivity that lets us show our command of the vocabulary and at the same time put into practice the grammatical structures that we study in class.

SENTENCE BUILDING