How To Make Long English Sentences Using 5 Methods
here’s a simple English sentence that
describes this image the family was
walking together but what happens when
we want to expand this sentence you see
in order to expand this sentence we need
to use one of the five methods and these
are the methods that we are going to
learn about in this English video lesson
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method 1 relation to you alright so for
the first method what we need to do is
realize that this method focuses on how
the sentence actually relates to your
own personal experience or experiences
so for example if we’re looking at this
picture on the right side we can see
that there are four different people in
this picture we see a mom a daughter a
dad and even a son and it looks like
they are playing together and spending
time together so if we’re gonna make a
sentence about this entire situation it
would look something like this
the little children are playing with
their parents and that would be the
simple English sentence however since
we’re trying to connect it to our
personal experiences we need a way to do
this and that’s where we have a B and C
so this is what happens for the first
way we can do this we can say when I
look at dot I am reminded of dot dot dot
now don’t worry I’m gonna explain
exactly using a real example how to use
these patterns okay next for letter B we
can say
dot-dot-dot reminded or reminds me of
how dot dot and finally dot dot dot
makes me think of dot dot dot so you’ll
notice that we have a lot of dot dot
dots but that is just the area we’re
gonna enter the information okay all
right so let’s see this in a real
example here we go so again our initial
sentence is the little children are
playing with their parents alright so
for letter a we have this right here
when I look at dot dot I am reminded of
dot dot dot so what we need to do is
figure out how do we take the original
bring it here and then add that and take
it and make a longer English sentence so
let’s look at the sentence now here we
go when I look at remember this is part
of the pattern the little children
playing with their parents so again
that’s part of the original sentence
that we have at the bottom the original
simple sentence okay I am reminded of so
again that’s part of the pattern that we
have from over here and now we have the
new portion how I use to play with my
parents as a child so again this is
giving us an opportunity to talk about
our own personal experience from when we
were a child playing with our parents
and even playing with our siblings okay
so again you’ll notice the person just
told about their personal experience and
added it to this initial or original
sentence okay all right letter B now
letter B is dot dot dot reminded or
reminds me of how dot dot dot so again
our initial or original sentence is
right here so we’re gonna see how if we
take this we add it to this add them
both up and bring them over here to get
the
longer sentence so here we go the little
children are playing with their parents
so again that’s the original short and
simple sentence and it reminds me of how
again that’s now our new pattern that
we’re adding and now the next part is
the new part I used to run and play with
my parents many years ago so again in
talking about your experience you said
what happened and who was involved okay
so again who you’re with your parents
and you guys were playing together when
you were a child but you also gave some
more details you said that it was many
years ago
so again separately these are two very
simple sentences but when you combine
them so you have simple plus simple
equals complex or a long sentence which
is what we are learning okay all right
very good so let’s move on to letter C
alright letter C says makes me think of
okay remember relation to you all right
so again the original sentence right
here and then we’re gonna take this add
it here add that and bring it over here
all right so the little children playing
with their parents again the original
sentence makes me okay makes me think of
okay and now the new part all of the
Sundays I used to play with my parents
outside as a child so again it’s
bringing to mind one of your personal
memories from when you were a child and
you use to play with your parents on
Sundays okay so again you’ve added two
simple sentences and May
them one complex along English sentence
alright great job
now method to add facts or observations
alright so this is what we’re going to
do now from method two this method helps
you make longer English sentences by
focusing on expanding the specific
details or information alright so again
we have specific details or information
so our picture we have we see it right
here it looks like two people sitting
down together just enjoying a meal so
our simple sentence as you will see on
the bottom gives us some basic
information about this image and the
sentence is the couple is eating dinner
together very simple and easy to
understand now we want to once again
expand the details or information so
this is how we’re gonna do this there
are three different ways right here here
we go use three extra adjectives and
remember the word adjectives is just a
descriptive word okay just a descriptive
word describing something in more detail
okay descriptive word all right
then we have described the situation or
the scene for example where are they
what’s going on exactly okay and finally
pick one part and expound upon it okay
so maybe you want to pick the couple or
maybe you want to pick the dinner or
maybe you want to pick the fact that
they are together you choose one part to
expound or expand upon okay all right so
let’s go to the next screen and see this
actually in an example okay here we go
alright so letter A is use three
adjectives alright three extra
adjectives now again the initial
sentence is right here
the couple is eating dinner together so
we’re gonna take this bring it on up
here add it to the
and then bring it on over here for our
longer sentence so the initial sentence
is the couple is eating and then we’re
gonna skip to the bottom dinner together
why did we skip because in the middle we
have the three extra adjectives and
again we’ve chosen three adjectives to
describe the dinner okay which made our
sentence longer all right now if we look
at letter beam this says describe the
situation or the scene okay remember in
the previous screen I said you guys can
describe what is actually going on here
where are they okay alright so again
original sentence the couple is eating
dinner together we’re gonna take this
bring it on up here add it to that and
then bring it on over here so the
initial sentence is right at the
beginning
the couple is eating dinner together
then we add in what seems to be an
expensive and popular restaurant so the
new information is actually expensive
and popular restaurant why because we’ve
explained the situation or the scene
however look at this right here
in what seems to be now we use this
pattern when we’re speaking about
something that we are making an
assumption about okay making an
assumption or we are guessing okay we
don’t know for sure if the restaurant is
expensive but it looks like that in our
point of view as we see it it looks one
way
okay so again you are just sitting there
but this guy right here he is guessing
what he thinks is going on in that
picture okay all right and letter C here
we go pick one part and expound upon it
all right so again the original sentence
is the couple
eating dinner together grab that bring
it on up add that and bring it on over
so the initial sentence is the couple is
eating dinner and then next we have all
alone at the restaurant without their
friends okay well you see we’ve added
this all alone and we said without their
friends so again we’re expounding now
you see right here it says the couple is
eating dinner together well that means
that no one else is with them so what we
did was we just added some more facts
well they’re friends aren’t there and
they are all lone okay all right great
job
so methods number three three reasons
okay three reason so what you can do for
this one is here we go by focusing on
the reasons behind the sentence or
situation in the sentence you can
actually make the sentences longer I’m
gonna give you three different ways of
doing this okay three different reasons
all right so again in this situation we
see that there is a woman and there’s a
man in the center and there’s also
another woman on the right side and it
looks like they are talking to each
other okay they’re talking about
something that is going on let’s close
that up right there all right so the
sentence is they are having a long
discussion all right very simple
sentence so looking at this method we
have a B and C right here so we can use
because since and in order to alright so
again you can choose whether you add one
two or three reasons to your sentence
I’m gonna show you examples that
actually only include one reason but
what I’m gonna do is show you how to use
three different words or patterns to
express the reasons so let’s jump right
in here we go the first one is letter a
B
cuz alright okay so again we have our
initial or original sentence they are
having a long discussion we’re gonna
bring that up here and we’re going to
use because so again our initial
sentence is they are having a long
discussion and then we have because
right here and now we’re gonna add our
reason what we think is the reason for
their discussion they want to figure out
what caused the problem earlier okay
so again what happens we have the
original sentence remember we use the
blue right there we have the original
sentence plus we have the word or the
pattern right the word or pattern the
pattern will come up in our next example
and then finally have the new
information or the reason okay so this
makes our sentence even longer all right
okay so letter B letter B is since okay
we’re gonna use the word since all right
so again we have our sentence down here
they’re having a long discussion I’m
gonna take it from here bring it up here
and add that and bring it on over here
and we’re gonna start with that word
since which just means because or as a
result okay and then we’re gonna add our
sentence but our sentence is gonna be at
the end they’re having a long discussion
which means our reason can be found in
the middle like a sandwich so for this
one we changed the order we added the
what the first part is gonna be the word
we put W and then to the word we added
our reason which is the R and then
finally we added the original sentence
gonna put original so OS original
sentence all right
and what happened this made a longer
sentence okay all right and finally
letter C let’s go to let’s see it says
in order to okay in order to again a
very good expression and pattern for you
guys to know again the initial or the
original was they are having along the
discussion we’re gonna bring that up
here add that and bring it on over here
okay so we have they are having a long
discussion and then we have in order to
and finally the new information figure
out the schedule for their big event
okay so again that’s the reason I chose
now you can add more than one reason let
me show you how to do that so this is
the reason I gave that’s reason one but
let’s say we wanted to add two more
reasons to make this sentence even
longer so the second reason I could say
is make the budget came remember budget
just refers to the amount of money that
is needed okay
make the budget and finally we could say
create a guest list
okay so create a guest list now these
may be some of the reasons why these
individuals are having a discussion now
if I add these two reasons I’ll put an
end right here and this is what the
sentence will sound like they are having
a long discussion in order to figure out
the schedule for their big event make
the budget and create a guest list okay
so I gave one two and three reasons to
make a longer sentence all right great
job so moving on to method for your or
others opinion alright so this method
helps you to make longer English
sentences by focusing on your opinion or
the opinion of others on the topic or
subject matter so for example in this
image we see that there’s a man and it
seems like he’s sitting at a desk
working on a computer okay so our
sentence could be he is working at his
computer and that’s true because again
the man is doing what working on his
computer very simple sentence now again
we want to make this longer and our
opinion is important so what we have for
this one is three
different ways to express your opinion
or the opinion of others okay so again
in my opinion however in light of dot
dot I think and many people believe that
okay all right so let’s jump into letter
A here we go
letter A says again in my opinion all
right so for the initial sentence we
have once again he is working hard at
his computer we’re gonna take this add
it up here and then add in my opinion
and bring it over here so for this one
if you decide to use in my opinion
you’re gonna bring it to the front in my
opinion then you’re gonna add the
original sentence he is working hard at
his computer and then now add the new
information now because his boss
reprimanded him yesterday after the
meeting okay
again this is your opinion okay real
quick reprimanded I want to explain what
this word means reprimanded alright
reprimanded just means to scold okay to
scold so I want you to think about a
situation where a boss has given his
employees something to do but the
employees don’t do it so of course the
boss is very very angry right the boss
may start yelling at his employees so he
is scolding them or reprimanding them
okay
so again in my opinion I think the
reason he’s working hard now is because
he was reprimanded yesterday just my
opinion all right okay now let her be
let her be says however in light of I
think okay so again here’s the sentence
he is working hard at his computer we’re
gonna take this and bring it up here add
this portion and then bring it over here
and here’s what it looks like how
ever in light of ok so before we
continue I want to explain this right
here in light of ok so this means to
take something into consideration okay
to take something into consideration
okay into consideration it means
whatever decision you are going to make
or whatever opinion you are forming this
thing has an effect on that viewpoint
okay all right so let’s continue in
light of the fact that he is working at
his computer again that’s the original
sentence now we have new information I
think up one more time this is part of
the patterns let’s add the yellow okay
now let’s keep going he will do a good
job
on the next project - all right so this
has become our brand-new sentence we use
both of these patterns that are found in
this example and then we added the old
or original sentence and also we have
the new information okay good job all
right
letter C let’s keep going to letter C
here we go many people believe that
again now we’re introducing other
people’s opinion okay all right so again
the original sentence is he is working
hard at his computer I’m gonna take that
and bring it up here add that and then
bring it over right here all right so we
have right here many people believe that
and again this just represents the
opinion of many people okay so if you
know the opinion of many people and what
they’re saying about this person or this
situation you can use it right here okay
so again many people believe that now we
have the original he is working hard at
his computer and now the new information
because he wants to impress the new
manager again this is just representing
the opinion of many people okay this is
how you can make your sentence longer
all right great job okay
method five use the five W’s method now
if you’ve never heard of the five W’s
method you can hit the link in the top
right corner of your screen but I’ll
explain it a little bit more here here
we go this method helps you make longer
English sentences by focusing on the
five W’s method who what when where and
why okay so again our sentence right
here says the man was explaining how to
use the computer alright so we do see
the man right here and it looks like he
is talking to this woman and we do see
the computer right here so it’s easy to
say that he’s explaining how to use it
now with this method is only one letter
who what when where and why so let’s see
how this actually turns our basic
sentence into a longer sentence so
here’s what we’re gonna do so again
right here we have all of the five W’s
we’re gonna take this initial sentence
bring it up here add those and bring it
over here
now let’s underline the information that
has been added okay so we have the man
wearing a black tie was explaining in
detail how to use the new office
computer on the desk this morning
because she was a new employee so let’s
see this is describing who very good now
we have this part right here explaining
in detail that is let’s use a different
color this is what we’re explaining in
detail what he’s doing then office
computer on the desk
now we have we’re okay we know it’s in
the office okay morning we have when and
finally we have why she was a new
employee so again now that we have all
of the five W’s we have a longer English
sentence
our initial short sentence has now
become a very long English sentence all
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