Learn to write simple sentences in English

Simple sentence

A simple sentence has one subject-verb pair. The subject tells who or what did something, while the verb tells the action (eat, work, run) or condition (is, are, was, seem, appear).

Examples:

Filmmaker Goeorge Lucas has changed the film industry in many ways.

One new technology was a special computer-assisted camera crane.

Sentence formulas

The Star Wars movies were international hits.(S+V)

Young people and adults enjoyed them.(SS+V)

The films entertained and thrilled audiences everywhere.(S+VV)

Luke Skywalker and his friends battled evil and made us laugh at the same time.(SS+VV)

As usual, the subject always agrees with the verb.

My sister is married. (singular)

My sisters are married. (plural)

My brother and I are single. (plural)

Time to write some more sentences

My parents live in the countryside.

My cousin Peter reads newspaper everyday.

My sister and I play chess every weekend.

I watch TV and listen to music at night in my bed room.

The covid-19 destroys the economy and makes many people sick.

TV and the internet distract teenagers from schoolwork and damage their academic performance.