How to write proper sentences

How to write proper sentences

Welcome!

Good day!

Do you always struggle when putting words in their correct order?

Do you always switch up words and use "Dunglish (Dutch English)"?

Fear not!

With this website we we will become sentence experts.

 

First we'll watch a video to learn the grammar of writing sentences.

Then we'll practice our skills to become better at writing sentences.

Finally we'll make a test to see what we've learnt in today's lesson.

 

Good luck!

Warm-up

Can you make sense of the following sentences?

Why eat the student his homework did? The teacher it was a piece of cake told him because.

A dinosaus crashes his car what do you call? Wrecks Tyrannosaurus

Figure out why I couldn't kept getting larger the baseball. Hit me it then.

The full glass said to the empty glass what? Drunk look you.

Why see elephants we don't hiding trees in? Really they're at it because good.

A boomerang call do you what won't that return? Stick a.

Managed to read them all? Go to "what's the plan".

Struggled to understand some sentences? Go to Warm-up key.

 

Warm-up key

These jokes show the importance of word order in a sentence.

Why did the student eat his homework? Because his teacher told him it was a piece of cake.
What do you call a dinosaur that crashes his car? Tyrannosaurus Wrecks.
I couldn't figure out why the baseball kept getting larger. Then it hit me.
What do you call a boomerang that won’t come back? A stick.
What did the full glass say to the empty glass? You look drunk.
Why don’t we see elephants hiding in trees? Because they’re really good at it.

Without the correct word order sentences make no sense at all :)

Let's practice our own word order! Go to: "what's the plan".

What's the plan?

"THE PLAN"


Aan het einde van deze les kun je benoemen wat de vaste volgorde van een standaard, vragende en negatieve zin is.

Aan het einde van deze les kun je zelf zinnen maken en hierbij de juiste woordvolgorde aanhouden.

Step 1: You will watch an introduction video on how to write sentences.

Step 2: You will make a practice test to check your sentence writing skills.

Step 3: You will practice more with extra practice or the expert level.

Step 4: You will make a final test to check your progress.

Start with "Step 1".

Step 1: Instruction video

Watch this short clip on how to write sentences with words in the correct order.

What: Watch this video explaining the rules of word order.

How: Click on the video below.

Help: Scroll down for the instructions in text.

Time: +/- 5 minutes

Result: You know the rules of word order.

Done: Go to Step 2: Practice test.

Instruction video

Word order explained

Watch the video about word order.

Finished? Continue with Step 2.

Step 2: Orientation test

Drag the words on the right to put them in the right order.

What: Put the words on the right in the correct order.

How: Slide the words from the right onto the sentence on the left.

Help: Scroll back to the instruction video tab.

Time: 10 minutes

Result: We know our current level of sentence writing.

 

How many sentences did you get right?

1-6 Correct? -> Go to 3a: Extra Practice

7-9 Correct? -> Go to 3b: Expert Level

10 Correct? -> Go to 3c: Insanity

 

Step 3a: Extra Practice

Make sure you've watched the instruction video before moving on.

Let's practice the word order a bit more.

What: Mindmap to study, Quizizz to practice

How: Fill in the Mindmap with the Bookwidget to study the rules of word order. Then use the Quizizz to practice.

Help: Scroll back to the instruction video.

Time: 20 minutes

Result: You have improved your word order skills.

Done: Continue with Step 4: Final test

Bookwidget: Mindmap

Extra practice: Quizizz

Step 3b: Expert Level

Let's become experts sentence writing

What: Pick one of the following exercises you think you need most practice with:

Exercise 1: Adverbs of frequency

Exercise 2: Questions

Exercise 3: Negations

How: Fill in the gaps in your chosen exercise to study. Use the Quizizz to practice.

Help: Scroll back to the instruction video.

Time: 20 minutes

Result: You have improved your word order skills.

Done: Continue with Step 4: Final test

Done? Continue with Step 4: Final test

Exercise 1: Adverbs of frequency (bijwoorden van frequentie)

Exercise 2: Questions (vragen)

Exercise 3: Negations (ontkenningen)

Expert level: Quizizz

Step 3c: Insanity level

Will be become "insane" at sentence writing?

Let's practice the word order a bit more.

What: Mindmap to study, Quizizz to practice

How: Do the the "Mix them all up" exercise.Then use the Quizizz to practice.

Help: Scroll back to the instruction video.

Time: 20 minutes

Result: You have improved your word order skills.

Done: Continue with Step 4: Final test

Exercise 1: Mix them all up

Insanity exercise: Quizizz

Step 4: Final test

Think you're ready for the final boss of this website?

What: Let's make a final test to check our progress.

How: Fill in all of the questions in the Google Forms (link below).

Help: Try answering the questions without any help.

Time: 10 minutes.

Result: You know your progress and where you can improve yourself.

Done: Go to menti.com and wait for instructions.

Good luck!

"The Final Test"

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