Complex Sentences in English Writing - Learn How to Make Complex Sentences

In this lesson, you can learn how to make complex sentences of all types in English.
Making complex sentences will help your English writing. By using a variety of complex sentence forms, your writing will become more versatile and elegant.
Using a range of complex sentences in your writing is also important if you’re preparing for an English writing exam like IELTS, TOEFL, or FCE. Are you preparing for one of these exams? Find a teacher to help you reach your target score: bit.ly/ooe-teachers.
See the full version of this lesson (with text) on our website: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/m....
Contents:
1. Using -ing Participle Clauses 3:16
2. Using -ed Participle Clauses 6:14
3. Relative Clauses 8:24
4. Cleft Sentences (Focusing Sentences) 12:04
This lesson will help you:
- Understand what complex sentences in English are.
- Learn how you can form complex sentences in English using -ing participle clauses.
- Get more information about how to use -ed participle clauses in English complex sentences.
- Learn about relative clauses and how they are related to complex sentences in English.
- See examples of many different types of sentences so you can get an idea of what complex sentences are and how you can use them correctly in your English writing and speaking.
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  • @thucnhi5124
    @thucnhi51244 жыл бұрын

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    @caseytong6462

    3 жыл бұрын

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    @zenulkazi9996

    Жыл бұрын

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    @rahmatullahsoltani38354 жыл бұрын

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  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

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  • @vyngo7569
    @vyngo75694 жыл бұрын

    Here are my examples: 1. Being as one of the illegal drugs in sports competitions, doping is still used by many athletes these days. 2. Having completed the Master of Education in TESOL program at Ho Chi Minh City Open University, she went to America to continue her further education. 3. Adelaide, which has been voted the most livable city in the world, is the fifth largest city in Australia. 4. It was your sister-in-law who I met on the way back from work yesterday. 5. It was in 1987 that Princess Diana changed attitudes to AIDS by shaking hands with a man who was dying of AIDS without wearing gloves. 6. Started in 1945, Vietnam's illiteracy eradication policy was aimed at opening classes and launching diverse learning activities to help learners develop both their reading and writing skills. 7. My essay on Artifical Intelligence, which I found quite difficult at the beginning, got a really good mark in the end.

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your answer, Vy Ngo! Here are a few suggestions: 1) 'Doping' is the act of using drugs, it is not a specific drug. 2) '...America to further her education,' or, '...America to continue her higher education,' not, '...America to continue her further education'. 3) It wasn't covered in this lesson, but for this sentence, you want to use 'whom': 'It was your sister-in-law whom I met on the way back from work yesterday'. Hope this helps!

  • @vyngo7569

    @vyngo7569

    4 жыл бұрын

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    4 жыл бұрын

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    @periklisgewrgiou53274 жыл бұрын

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    @user-pi4io8cw2s Жыл бұрын

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    @ahchanios81574 жыл бұрын

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    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

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  • @acdhamma3485
    @acdhamma34852 жыл бұрын

    Thanks very much for this video. It makes me more confident to write and edit complex sentences.

  • @GrantCareerCoaching
    @GrantCareerCoaching4 жыл бұрын

    Really good lesson. A lot of my students have a really hard time making more complex sentences. These are some great tips, and easy to understand examples. Thanks!

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    So glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching!

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    @arshadullahkhan2281

    4 жыл бұрын

    Can you tell the use of be.For example it must be there.

  • @arshadullahkhan2281

    @arshadullahkhan2281

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Oxfordonlineenglish1please make video about use of be.

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    @malikpilo Жыл бұрын

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  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @jpgutierrezmc4 жыл бұрын

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  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @yuvisninjaworld38633 жыл бұрын

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    @Mohamed_Salah8 Жыл бұрын

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    @freelancershahinur11 ай бұрын

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    @mariasogen78902 жыл бұрын

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    @djmarciorocha4 жыл бұрын

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  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, DJ! We're happy you enjoyed the lesson!

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    @ningappahbr18314 жыл бұрын

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  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    We're happy you enjoyed the lesson, Ningappa!

  • @flouw8733
    @flouw87334 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this useful lesson! Actually ,I'm facing challenges of making complex sentence!

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you found the lesson useful!

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    @venkateshm52104 жыл бұрын

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  • @Bulldozerwala
    @Bulldozerwala4 жыл бұрын

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    @ahmadzakaria7935

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @Bulldozerwala

    4 жыл бұрын

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  • @GrantCareerCoaching

    @GrantCareerCoaching

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @hmjahirulislamtamim3765

    4 жыл бұрын

    Seriously

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's great, Mhk Sandhu! So glad the lessons are helpful for you!

  • @heedongahn9652
    @heedongahn96523 жыл бұрын

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    @heedongahn9652

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @AjayKumar-ps8tc
    @AjayKumar-ps8tc4 жыл бұрын

    Informative lesson Thanks

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Ajay!

  • @moazzemhossain6503
    @moazzemhossain65034 жыл бұрын

    I am really grateful on your lesson. Please help me more about complex and compound sentences. Thanks a million dear ......

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Moazzem, we're glad you enjoyed the lesson! We have a few other lessons on sentence structure like these: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/sentence-structure, www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/grammar-lesson-1-sentence-structure and we also have teachers who can help if you have specific questions: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/about-our-online-english-teachers.

  • @labonyakter8529
    @labonyakter85298 ай бұрын

    It's Such an amazing class❤

  • @marydc6147
    @marydc61474 жыл бұрын

    Could you please make a video about Thought Groups, Phrasing or Chunks? That will be amazing.

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the suggestion, Mary! We might be able to include these topics in upcoming lessons!

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    @jihadulislam1218 Жыл бұрын

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    @zdenkajanouskova81264 жыл бұрын

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  • @pachuyadav4888
    @pachuyadav48884 жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @thevictorywalk957
    @thevictorywalk9574 жыл бұрын

    Very informative grammer vedio

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    @anitharangeti84873 жыл бұрын

    This is very useful for me sir

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    @zaidalsaialy65882 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

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    @sivadharshini14733 жыл бұрын

    Hi IAM from Tamil Nadu and I saw your video very helpful for me

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    @sivadharshini14733 жыл бұрын

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  • @nawarnawar5822
    @nawarnawar58224 жыл бұрын

    Thank you guys. A lot of information has been given here. I think we ca't write any topic correctly without knowing these basic rules.

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're right, Nawar! Thanks for watching!

  • @asma.zehraasma6043
    @asma.zehraasma60433 жыл бұрын

    This is my class topic😊😊

  • @isurumuthuarachchi5762
    @isurumuthuarachchi57624 жыл бұрын

    Thanks and Very informative video, how about a part 2?

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Isuru! That's a great suggestion; we might be able to do that in the future!

  • @vultureeyes8052
    @vultureeyes80524 жыл бұрын

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  • @alexzara8633

    @alexzara8633

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @victorbondar4363
    @victorbondar43634 жыл бұрын

    Again my favorit teachers are giving vary useful, and good for understanding to me lessons. Exuce me for the mistakes

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Victor!

  • @omareid5013
    @omareid50134 жыл бұрын

    you are doing well

  • @ManishSharma-sb1sq
    @ManishSharma-sb1sq4 жыл бұрын

    At 13.36, in cleft sentence, I used WHEN instead of THAT, however, structure of sentence was same as you have done it.

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Manish, both 'when' and 'that' can be correct in this situation.

  • @soheilghassan1067
    @soheilghassan10674 жыл бұрын

    Good luck for the rest of videos

  • @Islam_makes_Peaceful_soul
    @Islam_makes_Peaceful_soul4 жыл бұрын

    It is very good and covered important topic. What about sentence advances. Thanks for your guidance!

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked the lesson, Salim! Did you have a specific question or would you just like to know more about something in general?

  • @Islam_makes_Peaceful_soul

    @Islam_makes_Peaceful_soul

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Oxfordonlineenglish1 I just asked about sentence adverbs, how this words could be able to use in complex sentences.

  • @arshadullahkhan2281
    @arshadullahkhan22814 жыл бұрын

    Informative video

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @nutandebnath1839
    @nutandebnath18394 жыл бұрын

    please make video on compound sentences and difference between all the simple, complex and compound sentence. post the video of all types of tense with its sentence structure. difference between active to passive with using phrasal verb in it and showing together time and place while changing the voice.

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the suggestions, Nutan! We have a few lessons on these topics: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/english-verb-tenses, www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/grammar-lesson-1-sentence-structure, www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/sentence-structure, www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/strange-sentences, www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/passive-voice.

  • @professordrmshahzaib477
    @professordrmshahzaib4774 жыл бұрын

    V informative

  • @victorbondar4363
    @victorbondar43634 жыл бұрын

    When i see news on English, i do not well understand all words, which i hear, but in OOE lessons i understand more than 90 percents of information.

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    We're glad you can understand the lessons. We have some lessons on understanding native speakers which might help you with the news: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/understand-native-speakers, www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/how-to-understand-fast-speech.

  • @victorbondar4363

    @victorbondar4363

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank You vary much for the answers.

  • @rajeshramamurthy1
    @rajeshramamurthy13 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for your clear cut explanation, and for sharing comprehensible examples. Kudos team.

  • @vishalpandey8785
    @vishalpandey87854 жыл бұрын

    I wish you a very happy, joyous, blissful, enthusiastic and Merry 🎄 Christmas 🎄 and happy new year. Have a deluge of fun and frolic😊😊🎄🎄🎉🎉🎊🎊🎁🎁🎄🎄🎄🎄

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you , Vishal! Same to you if you also celebrate!

  • @mgiri3309
    @mgiri33093 жыл бұрын

    Dear Sir/Madam, Would you please share the link or materials to do practice to improving the writing skills for the compound sentences. Thank you

  • @zahrayari9164
    @zahrayari91643 жыл бұрын

    Hi there. thank you a lot for sharing such great videos. May I put the second example in this way; being the earliest well-known example of financial bubble,Tulip mania can be used as a term to refer to... is it correct?

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Zahra, yes this could be used.

  • @albajgurd
    @albajgurd4 жыл бұрын

    Hi. I'm teaching English in China. I've encountered a certain problem with Chinese teachers here. The thing is they teach that SP, ST and SK/SC followed by a vowel should be pronounced SB, SD and SG, respectively. Examples are 'spider', 'spoon', 'skate', 'scatter', 'scone', 'school', 'star', 'stone' and so on. Would it be possible for you to make a video on this, please?

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi there, this is quite common! We might be able to make a lesson with this detail added in the future! Thanks for the suggestion.

  • @SZShah
    @SZShah4 жыл бұрын

    Good. Please post a video on literary sentences of classic writers, e. g. Bunyan, Swift, Lord Macaulay, Hazlitt, Jeremy Taylor, Herbert Reade, Hawthorne, Melville, etc.

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wow! That would be quite the video. Although that might be a bit too specific for this channel, we might be able to incorporate understanding sentences that are similar in future lessons!

  • @mahmudesgerli8380
    @mahmudesgerli83804 жыл бұрын

    Thanks❤

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome, Mahmud!

  • @homelandloversazerbaijan2661

    @homelandloversazerbaijan2661

    4 жыл бұрын

    Are you from Azerbaijan or Turkey?

  • @mahmudesgerli8380

    @mahmudesgerli8380

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@homelandloversazerbaijan2661 The land of fire

  • @mahmudesgerli8380

    @mahmudesgerli8380

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@homelandloversazerbaijan2661 The land of fire

  • @homelandloversazerbaijan2661

    @homelandloversazerbaijan2661

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mahmudesgerli8380 , aww...it is my heart home♡. I'm glad to hear that, ma bro!

  • @burcubaydemir5184
    @burcubaydemir518410 ай бұрын

    as i know, Turkiye gave the first seed of tulips to Holland. then they multples

  • @Mehraj052
    @Mehraj0523 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot... Can you recommend the best English grammar book?

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome. Yes, we have a few recommendations on our website: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/resources.

  • @monlivreetmoi
    @monlivreetmoi4 жыл бұрын

    Good lessons thank you everyone

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it, Sidiki!

  • @arashdeepsingh7675
    @arashdeepsingh76754 жыл бұрын

    Appropriate topic

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it, Arashdeep!

  • @Cilla_Ada2
    @Cilla_Ada219 күн бұрын

    Thank you for helping us, Like if you think there are amazing 👇❤

  • @davecheung6957
    @davecheung69574 жыл бұрын

    At 6.34, can I write "Being introduced to northern Europe in the mid-16th century, " instead of "Introduced to northern Europe in the mid-16th century," ? Do they have same meaning? Thank you so much!

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Dave, good question. Since these ideas are in the past, you want to stay in the past. You could say something like 'Having been introduced...' but 'being introduced' does not have the same meaning. Hope this helps you!

  • @davecheung6957

    @davecheung6957

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your answer but actually I wanted to know if I can change passive -ed participle clause to passive -ing participle clause by adding "being" in front of -ed participle clause (if two action happen at the same time). Are they the same?

  • @shrutisnov
    @shrutisnov3 жыл бұрын

    Hello. I am an aspiring author. I would like a detailed and comprehensive course in sentence construction. Can you please guide me on how to go about it?

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Shruti, we have some teachers who would be happy to help you. You an learn more on our website: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/about-our-online-english-teachers.

  • @TicketC
    @TicketC4 жыл бұрын

    Please make a video about condition IST 2nd......

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the suggestion, Mahmuda! We might be able to do that in the future!

  • @rakeshswain7345
    @rakeshswain73454 жыл бұрын

    Plz make a video on essey writing

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Rakesh, we have many lessons on writing essays for English exams that might be helpful for you. You can find them here: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/?s=essay.

  • @jurisveratti4494
    @jurisveratti449410 ай бұрын

    Hello, could someone help me please clarify on this grammar? "The company (I work with) cannot hire (whom you recommend)," is that a SIMPLE SENTENCE even though there is a relative adjective clause in the subject and the object is a noun clause? or "the company can't hire" is an independent clause and "who you recommend" is a subordinate clause, but "who I work with" is connected to the subject, not to a clause.

  • @krishnamukherjee6821
    @krishnamukherjee68213 жыл бұрын

    Sir, this lesson is very useful to me. Thank you so much. Is the following sentence correct? "He was annoyed with me for my not having done the job in time. "

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    3 жыл бұрын

    We're glad you enjoyed the lesson, Krishna! Yes, that is correct. However, you can also say: 'He was annoyed with me for not having done the job in time.' Hope this helps you!

  • @krishnamukherjee6821

    @krishnamukherjee6821

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Oxfordonlineenglish1 thank you very much. Your lessons are helpful

  • @soheilghassan1067
    @soheilghassan10674 жыл бұрын

    I will give my opinion, if you ask us question in the video

  • @claudia-vp1kd
    @claudia-vp1kd5 ай бұрын

    BTW - I couldn't find the link to the conjunction video 😊

  • @AhmedZAli-ee1nj
    @AhmedZAli-ee1nj3 жыл бұрын

    Excuse me sir , could you tell me why we couldn't use the word that instead of which in non defining relative clauses. For example : Babylon City, which ( that ) is 85 kilometers south of Baghdad, is a popular tourist site .

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi there. That is the rule: When we have a non-defining relative clause, we are adding more information but it is not necessary to understand the main idea. Therefore, the clause begins with 'which' and not 'that' because 'that' is not placed after commas that introduce non-defining relative clauses.

  • @doaurlo
    @doaurlo4 жыл бұрын

    @9:15 'Tulip mania which reached its peak in 1637, occurred in Holland.' is this correct?

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Muhammad, you can grammatically use that structure. However, it changes the meaning of the sentence and puts emphasis on where it occurred instead of when it reached its peak.

  • @doaurlo

    @doaurlo

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Oxfordonlineenglish1 Thanks, I found it very useful.

  • @vikkikumargupta3872
    @vikkikumargupta38724 жыл бұрын

    Hi, sir today I have been a new subscriber to you and feel glad. Expecting a great help from you to improve my skill in English language.please reply you get this message.

  • @asma.zehraasma6043
    @asma.zehraasma60433 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou for giving nolig😁😁😁

  • @bestgamewinnings4483
    @bestgamewinnings44833 жыл бұрын

    How can the sentence " The class is extremely noisy " be a complex sentence? Please tell me as it's given in my book.

  • @trafalgarlaw278
    @trafalgarlaw2784 жыл бұрын

    In part 4 (cleft sentences) Can I not use "when" instead of "that"?

  • @AjayKumar-ps8tc

    @AjayKumar-ps8tc

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same question

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Both are acceptable in this situation. Thanks for watching!

  • @arshadullahkhan2281
    @arshadullahkhan22814 жыл бұрын

    Please make video about use of be.For example. I must be there.what is the meaning of be.

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Arshad, thanks for the comment. We have a lesson on how to use 'be' which can be found here: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/verb-be.

  • @autorlando_sport
    @autorlando_sport4 жыл бұрын

    Мда уж, но я смогу, понимать немного научился, главное расслабиться)!

  • @Mojito369
    @Mojito3697 ай бұрын

    I found a couple of other videos of yours really helpful but as a visually impaired person, I could not follow this as you wouldn’t read out examples. Really frustrating. Please take this into consideration in future.

  • @ravneetkaur6342
    @ravneetkaur63424 жыл бұрын

    Is your online lessons are free of cost sir...

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Ranveet, you can find more information about our lessons on our website: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/book-classes.

  • @rajkumarm9276
    @rajkumarm92764 жыл бұрын

    Separate video in defendant clauses adverb clauses

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the suggestion, Rajkumar! We might be able to do something like that in the future. We also have these lessons on sentence structure which might help you: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/sentence-structure, www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/grammar-lesson-1-sentence-structure.

  • @heyyoooo
    @heyyoooo4 жыл бұрын

    Hi teacher. I have a question to you. So do you. İs this sentence true? Please answer to the my question.

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi there, this is not a complete sentence. 'So do you...?' we need a verb after 'you' to complete the question.

  • @heyyoooo

    @heyyoooo

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Oxfordonlineenglish1 so do you. İs this true ?

  • @welcomeenglishvocabulary4055
    @welcomeenglishvocabulary40553 жыл бұрын

    Could, you give me more examples ? about this topic.

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Harry. Sure. You can find more information in our other lessons: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/grammar-lesson-1-sentence-structure, www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/sentence-structure.

  • @amnotsarah
    @amnotsarah3 жыл бұрын

    Is it ok to use 2 different tenses? In one complex

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi there. It depends on your sentence. Do you have an example?

  • @amnotsarah

    @amnotsarah

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Oxfordonlineenglish1 yah this I just got back from the States yesterday, so I'm still thinking in English.

  • @TahirHussain01
    @TahirHussain014 жыл бұрын

    What is. Difference between" he fainted" and he got fainted.... He was killed " he got killed... ( Get + Adjective, get + third form..) ??

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching our lessons. You have some interesting questions. For your other comment, that is the difference between present simple and present perfect. We have some lessons to help with that: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/present-simple-verb-tense, www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/present-perfect-verb-tense. For these questions he 'got fainted' is not a correct phrase. 'He fainted' is correct. Also, 'he was killed' and 'he got killed' have almost exactly the same meaning, and are using the passive voice, which you can learn about here: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/passive-voice. Hope this is useful for you!

  • @MuhammadBilal-mh9cw
    @MuhammadBilal-mh9cw4 жыл бұрын

    The term Tulip mania has made this lesson little hard to understand, rather if you had use a noun from daily life at its place then it become more easy to digest.

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your feedback, Muhammad! Hopefully you were able to access the Tulip Mania link in the video description so it could be easier to understand. Thanks for watching!

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