How to make long sentences in English Part 1
after studying English for years
are you still only able to answer in
short simple sentences is it frustrating
would you like to know the secret to
making longer sentences in English well
don’t worry
today I will teach you part 1 of the
second English secret welcome to speak
English with Tiffany I am teacher
Tiffany and today we are going to learn
art one of the second secret to speaking
English this secret will improve your
ability to speak clearly and logically
in English are you ready
well then let’s jump right in as an
English Learner sometimes you experience
difficulty finding the right words to
express your ideas or opinions but an
even greater problem is being able to
completely and thoroughly express
yourself in English many times your
answers come out in short very simple
sentences this becomes very frustrating
for you but you don’t have to be
frustrated anymore
why because there is a secret to
learning how to make longer sentences in
English here’s how it works
in English basic sentences answer at
least one to two of the five W’s you
will remember in our previous lesson
that the five W’s are who when where
what and why these five W’s also become
the foundation for a good sentence for
example I like ice cream the word I in
the sentence represents the WHO and the
words ice cream in the sentence
represent the what next I live in Korea
the word I in the sentence represents
the WHO and the word Korea in the
sentence represents the where and
finally he is drinking the
he in the sentence represents the WHO
and the word drinking in the sentence
represents the what so all three of
these sentences pass as basic English
sentences because they each answer one
to two of the five W’s however if we
want to expand these basic English
sentences we must give more information
how is this done well this is done by
looking at the W’s that are already a
part of the sentence let’s look at our
first example sentence I like ice cream
now what are the two double use for this
sentence who and what so let’s choose
three different examples for each of the
devil use for who let’s use student
American and outgoing for what let’s use
strawberry cone and lots of these
selections become the extra information
that will be added to our basic
sentences so the first expanded sentence
is I am a student who likes strawberry
ice cream
the second expanded sentence is I am an
American who likes ice cream cones
the third expanded sentence is I am an
outgoing person who likes lots of ice
cream and the final expanded sentence
including all of the examples is I am an
outgoing American student who likes lots
of strawberry ice cream cones our
sentence went from a basic English
sentence to an expanded English sentence
simply by focusing on two of the five
W’s now let’s quickly look at the last
two examples I live in Korea for who
let’s use English teacher 40 years old
and American for where let’s use
soeul an apartment a quiet neighborhood
so the first expanded sentence is I am
an English teacher living in Seoul Korea
the second expanded sentence is I am 40
years old and I live in an apartment in
Korea
the third expanded sentence is I am
American but I live in a quiet
neighborhood in Korea and the final
expanded sentence including all of the
examples is I am a 40 year old American
English teacher living in an apartment
in a quiet neighborhood in Seoul Korea
and now the final example he is drinking
for who let’s use young man Korean and
tall for what let’s use Gatorade big
bottle and ice-cold
so the first expanded sentence is the
young man is drinking a Gatorade the
second expanded sentence is the Korean
man is drinking from a big bottle the
third expanded sentence is the tall man
is drinking an ice cold drink
and the final expanded sentence
including all of the examples is the
tall old Korean man is drinking a big
bottle of ice cold Gatorade all right
amazing today you learned part one of
the second secret to speaking English
sentence expansion we looked at three
example sentences number one I like ice
cream number two I live in Korea and
number three he is drinking now try to
expand your own sentences at least one
time today
you can do it you
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helped to give you more confidence in
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