英语句型结构技巧Sentence Skills句子技巧

• Use lively verbs The flag moved in the breeze. The flag fluttered in the breeze. • What are the lively verbs for “walk”? parade, promenade; march, pace, step out, stride, troop; power walk; hike, peregrinate, trek; amble, mosey, perambulate, ramble, saunter, stroll, wander; clump, stomp, stump, tramp, trample, tromp; footslog, plod, trudge; gimp, hobble, limp; mince, prance, pussyfoot, tiptoe; bounce, sashay, stalk, strut, swagger; falter, lumber, lurch, pound, scuff, shamble, shuffle, stagger, stumble, toddle, waddle; nip, tap, trip, trot
• Consistency with pronouns
One of the fringe benefits of my job is that you can use a company credit card for gasoline. Though we like our neighbors, there are a few you can’t get along with.
Sentence Skills
Dr. Zhang Jingning
This lecture shows you how to • Revise so that your sentences flow smoothly and clearly • Edit so that your sentences are error-free
• I enjoy collecting old comic books.
• Ben thinks that cable television will change our lives.
1. Greg worked on the engine for three hours, but the car still wouldn’t start. 2. Add a dependent thought Although the exam room was very quite, I still couldn’t concentrate. 3. Begin with a special opening word or phrase Humming softly, the woman browsed through the rack of dresses. 4. Place adjectives or verbs in a series I gently applied a sticky new Band-Aid to the deep, ragged cut on my finger. The truck bounced off a guardrail, sideswiped a tree, and plunged down the embankment.
• Use parallelism • Use a consistent point of view • Use specific words • Use active verbs • Use concise words • Vary your sentences
Use parallelism
• My job includes checking the inventory, initiating the orders and to call the suppliers. • The game-show contestant was told to be cheerful, charming and with enthusiasm. • Grandmother likes to read mystery novels, to do needlepoint, and browsing the Internet on her home computer. • We painted the trim in the living room; the wallpaper was put up by a professional.
Vary yourthought sentences Add a second complete
Use specific words
• Use exact names
Our neighbor's family room has a lot of electronic equipment.
I swept aside the things on my desk in order to spread out the road map.
Use specific words
• Use words that are related to senses— sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch That woman jogs five miles a day. That fragile-looking, gray-haired woman jogs five miles a day. (sight) When he returned, all he found in the refrigerator was bread and milk. When he returned, all he found in the refrigerator was stale bread and sour milk. (taste)
Use a consistent point of view
• Consistency with verbs
An aggressive news photographer knocked a reporter to the ground as the movie stars arrive for the Academy Awards. “My husband is so dumb Las Vegas, he tries to play the soda machines.”
Use active verbs
• In general, active verbs are more effective than passive verbs. Active verbs give your writing a simpler and more vigorous style.
Fruits and vegetables are painted often by artists. Artists often paint fruits and vegetables.
Use specific words
• Use descriptive words (modifiers) before nouns • The man strained to lift the crate. • A heavy-set, perspiring man strained to lift the heavy wooden crate.
Use concise words
• In this paper, I am planning to describe the hobby that I enjoy of collecting old comic books.
• In Ben’s opinion, he thinks that cable television will change and alter our lives in the future.
Use specific words
• She walked down the street. • Anne wandered slowly along Rogers lane. • Animals came into the • Hungry lions padded silently into the place . sawdust covered arena. • The biology teacher • The man signed the hastily scribbled his paper name on the course withdrawal slip.