Learn how to create the perfect sentence. Visualize it as a story. Follow the main pattern: subject + verb + object + space + time + manner + reason/purpose + others...

1. Introduction: A review of the five main sentence structures discussed in previous episodes (episode 3).

2. How to introduce adverbials in sentences: Subject + verb + object(s) + adverbials => I | like | my job | very much

   - How to introduce adverbials of place in a sentence: Subject + verb + object(s) + (adverbial of) place => You | meet | a friend | in the street

   - How to introduce adverbials of time in a sentence: Subject + verb + object(s) +  (adverbial of) place + (adverbial of) time => Ben | walks | to work | every morning

   - How to introduce adverbials of manner in a sentence: Subject + verb + object(s) +  (adverbial of) place + (adverbial of) time + (adverbial of) manner => I | have | cereal | in my kitchen | every morning | in a slow way 

   - How to introduce adverbials of reason in a sentence: Subject + verb + object(s) +  (adverbial of) place + by(adverbial of) time + (adverbial of) manner + (adverbial of) reason => I | have | cereal | in my kitchen | every morning | in a slow way | because I love it

3. Guided practice: How to identify and correct faulty adverbial positions within some sentences

4. Visualising the sentence structure as a story

KEYWORDS:

Subject verb object, adverbial of place, adverbial of time, adverbial of manner, adverbial of reason, syntax, position of adverbials within a sentence, sentence structure

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