PART 1:

FORMULA VOLVO

SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

STEP 1: DRAW THE ‘S-V-Wh’ DIAGRAM

Subject Verb Wh

STEP 2: Find the verbs.

carrying

holding

wrapping

weighing

chopping

buying

Subject Verb Wh

weighing

wrapping

carrying

holding

buying

chopping

STEP 3: Find the Subject.

woman man

fishmonger assistant

poultry hawker

Subject Verb Wh

weighing

wrapping

carrying

holding

buying

chopping

assistant

fishmonger

woman

woman

man

poultry

hawker

STEP 4: Find the ‘Wh’.

carrying

what?

holding

what?

wrapping

what?

weighing

what?

chopping

what? buying

what?

crabs cuttlefish

chicken basket

fish crabs

Subject Verb Wh

weighing

wrapping

carrying

holding

buying

chopping

assistant

fishmonger

woman

woman

man

poultry

hawker

crabs

fish

basket

cuttlefish

crabs

chickens

STEP 5: Write simple sentences.

An assistant is weighing some crabs.

A fishmonger is wrapping some fish.

A woman is carrying a basket.

A woman is holding a cuttlefish.

A man is buying some crabs.

A poultry hawker is chopping a chicken.

STEP 6: Combine simple sentences to

form compound sentences.

Simple sentence 1:

A fishmonger is wrapping some fish.

Simple sentence 2:

An assistant is weighing some crabs.

Compound sentence:

A fishmonger is wrapping some fish and his assistant is

weighing some crabs.

Simple sentence 1:

A woman is carrying a basket.

Simple sentence 2:

A woman is holding a cuttlefish.

Compound sentence:

A woman is carrying a basket while

holding a cuttlefish.

STEP 7: Write complex sentences with

adjectives and adverbs

The fishmonger who is wearing a hat is wrapping some fish with newspapers and his assistant who is smiling happily is weighing some crabs with a weighing scale.

The woman who is wearing a headscarf is holding a cuttlefish while carrying a basket full of vegetables.

The bald poultry seller is chopping a chicken at his stall which is next to the fish stall.

PRACTISE 1

STEP 1: Find the verbs.

playing

studying

napping cooking

STEP 2: Find the Subjects.

boy

younger brothers

father mother

STEP 3: Find the ‘Wh’.

computer games

at the

coffee

table

on the sofa

in the

kitchen

STEP 4: Write simple sentences.

A boy is playing computer games.

His two younger brothers are studying at the coffee table.

His mother is cooking in the kitchen.

His father is napping on the sofa.

PRACTISE 2

PRACTISE 3

PART 2:

FORMULA TITANIC

SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

STEP 1: Draw the ‘TiTa’ diagram

Diagram S

There is a singular

noun

Wh

STEP 1: Draw the ‘TiTa’ diagram

Diagram P

There are *number

several

a few

some

singular

noun

Wh

STEP 2: Find the nouns

fish

cuttlefis

h

crabs

weighing scale

basket

chickens

stalls

STEP 3: S or P?

Diagram S

basket

weighing

scale

Diagram P

There are *number

several

a few

some

plural

nouns

Wh

crabs

fish

cuttlefish

chickens

stalls

STEP 4: Complete the diagrams

There is a singular

noun

Wh

There is a at the

stalls.

There is a on the

counter.

basket

weighing

scale

There are *number

several

a few

some

plural

nouns

Wh

There are some at the fish

stall. There are a few

There are several

There are some at the

chicken

stall.

There are two in the

picture.

crabs

fish

cuttlefish

chickens

stalls

STEP 5: Write simple sentences

There is a basket at the fish stall.

There is a weighing scale on the counter.

There are some crabs at the fish stall.

There are a few fish at the fish stall.

There are several chickens at the chicken stall.

There are two stalls in the picture.

STEP 6: Combine the simple sentences

to make compound sentences.