AC9E1LA06

Language for expressing and developing ideas

understand that a simple sentence consists of a single independent clause representing a single event or idea

Elaborations

AC9E1LA06_E1knowing that a single event or idea can include a process, a happening or a state (verb), the participant or who or what is involved (noun group/phrase), and the surrounding circumstances (adverb group/phrase); for example, “Teddy (participant: who or what is involved) read (process: a happening) the book (participant: who or what is involved) in the library (circumstance: where he read).”
AC9E1LA06_E2understanding that simple sentences answer questions such as, “what is happening?” and “who or what is involved?” along with details such as “where?”, “when?”, “how?”