Sentences: From SIMPLE to LONG

If you want to speak and write good English, there is one thing you must know how to make.

What is it? 



Not long spaghetti, but








loooooong (long / complex) sentences.








There are lots of ways to make loooooong sentences.
One of them is to start with simple sentences.

Yes, from SIMPLE  to LONG.

---

Read the following simple sentence.

Situation	At a presentation
	This will make money (for our company).

The sentence is like a piece of cake, right?  Simple and easy.

Yet, you can make it complex by changing the first word of the sentence, the word ‘this’.


In other words, you can change it to, for example:

What I have just said

Yes, it is so easy that you just change ‘this’ into something like a sentence:

What I have just said will make money (for our company).




So it’s like magic, right?
You think the magic was too fast.  Don’t worry.  Read the following table:

Simple	This	will make money (for our company).
Long	What I have just said	will make money (for our company).

So the tip is:

Using ‘Wh’ words

__________________________________________________________________________

Want another example?

Look at the person in the picture.  You know who he is?

His name is Brad and he is our friend.

So a simple sentence will look like:

Brad is our friend.

But you can make it into a long sentence by using a ‘Wh’ word.

Which ‘Wh’ word will you pick?





As Brad is a person, I guess the choice is 'Who', right?

So the long sentence looks something like:

The one who is looking at you is our friend.

The following table may sum up how to make it:

Simple	Brad	is our friend.
Long	The one who is looking at you	is our friend.

____________________________________________________________________


However, there is one question you may ask.
What is it?

How many ‘Wh’ words are there in English?

Can you make a guess?
I mean from the pic below:

Lucky you!  

Only 11

But actually, it's 8 + 3.

Why?

Because 8 of them start with 'Wh':


The 8 'Wh' are:

What

When

Where

How

Who (Whom) 

Whose

Why

The 3 are:

How / That / If

---

So by using other ‘Wh’ words, you can talk about something big.

When you say something	is important.
How you present your ideas	is the key (to success).

Pic sources:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/contusion/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76029035@N02/6829510801/sizes/s/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabenl/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shibainu/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashleysauers/http://www.flickr.com/photos/76029035@N02/6829357459/sizes/m/in/photostream/