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 Topic 7 (session A) - The grammar of complex sentences > Grammar made easy > Task A

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Session Overview
SPOCA Review
Grammar made easy - the basic principles
Linking, listing and nesting clauses
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Linking, listing & nesting checksheet
Complex SPOCA self test
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Grammar made easy - the basic principles

Task A - Understanding the principles

Let's first of all start with three empty boxes to help us understand in outline the three basic principles involved in joining simple grammatical constructions together to make more complex structures. We will call these three principles linking, listing and nesting.accessible / text version of task

Linking

3 boxes joined together by a small rope

Listing

3 boxes pushed up right next to each other

Nesting

small box inside a medium box which is inside a large box

 


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