1.3 Sentences  (Page 2/3)

• a set of furniture or rooms
• ____________________________________________________
• liked or felt pleased about
• ____________________________________________________
• a transaction where the buyer owns the purchase only after a number of payments
• __________________________________________________________________

2. Work out how much the Jonases eventually paid for the lounge suite.

Activity 2:

Sentences

[lo 6.2]

1. PUNCTUATION Identify the functions of the following punctuation marks:

• the dash in line 2:
• the 1st comma in line 5:
• the 2 ^nd comma in line 5:
• the hyphen in line 7:
• the dash in line 8:
• the comma in line 9:
• the hyphen in line 16:

2. SENTENCE PARTS

Identify the subject and the predicate of the following sentences. Encircle the subject and underline the predicate.

• Mr and Mrs Jonas were shopping in town.
• The next month they received a short letter with an invoice.
• The invoice and the letter were sent to the couple’s home.
• The special offer and the idea of receiving something for free were very attractive to them.

3. PHRASES and CLAUSES 3. Write down the definition of the following terms:

PHRASE:

CLAUSE:

• Now identify the underlined sections of the following sentences as phrases or clauses.
• Give a reason for your answer in each case.

• They entered the shop, just to browse around.

• PHRASE
• CLAUSE

Reason: _____________________

• The couple returned home with their new cell phone , but few groceries.

PHRASE

CLAUSE

Reason: ______________________________

• Mr Jonas signed a paper of agreement, giving all their personal details.

PHRASE

CLAUSE

Reason:_______________________________

4. MAIN / SUBORDINATE CLAUSES Write down a definition of the following terms:

MAIN CLAUSE

SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

• Now identify the underlined part of each sentence as a MAIN / SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

• There was great excitement when the new lounge suite arrived at their home.

MAIN CLAUSE

SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

Reason: ______________________________

• 4.2 Mr Jonas signed a paper of agreement , giving all their personal details.

MAIN CLAUSE

SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

Reason: _______________________________

• 4.3 Although the advertisement was misleading , the shop owner could not be held responsible.
• MAIN CLAUSE
• SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

Reason: ____________________________________

1. Mrs Jonas told her friend that she was very disappointed about what had happened.

• MAIN CLAUSE
• SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

Reason: _____________________________________

Activity 3:

[lo 4.2]

Time to fight back

Imagine that you are Mr Jonas. You are still seething from frustration and decide to take on FAMILY FURNISHERS by reporting them to the Advertising Standards Authority (A.S.A.)

They have a web-site on which unhappy consumers may report their problems. Complete the e-mail form on page 16 that Mr Jonas sent the A.S.A. in which he outlines his complaint against FAMILY FURNISHERS. The address is: www.ASA.moanzone.co.za

Assessment

LEARNING OUTCOME 4