英语句子写作改错练习

Ⅰ,complete sentences and sentence fragment

1.The dark clouds meant rain last night we decided to stay home it was lucky a storm flooded

the roads.

2.The restaurant was too crowded. And noisy as well.

3.They planned a trip to Tibet. A trip to get many new experiences.

4.The coach left the football. Under the bench.

5.How we should write.

6.I am from a large family, I was the oldest child and helped with the younger ones, and, well, I

am patient but firm with children.

7.It was raining hard, they could not work in the fields.

8.She guided us to the edge of the border region, she left us to find our own way to the outpost.

9.Popcorn once was free now you pay for each serving.

Ⅱ，Types of Sentence

Exercise1:

1.The dog and cat fought in the alley.

2.John and his wife went to town and bought some flowers yesterday.

3.The boys and girls stood in the corners and giggled on the first day of dancing school.

4.David never complains about his life; he simply accepts what has been arranged for him

by his God.

5.The teacher was angry because Tom was late for class a third time on that same day.

6.Tom explained that he did not feel very well that day.

7.They watched television and enjoyed themselves a lot in making comments on it, and I

don't read a page for the whole night because their noise repeatedly interrupted me. Exercise 2: sentences for improvement

1.Its leaves withered. They dropped on the ground. There are some dews on the leaves.

2.It was an early winter morning. The snow is falling down. The wind is heavily blowing.

3.In the trashcan, there is a bunch of flowers. They are roses. They look beautiful.

4.On the street, there is an old and dirty trashcan. It is smelly. But its shape looks lovely. It is in

the shape of a heart.

5. A man stands under the tree. He has his brows knitted. The tree is at the corner of the street. Ⅲ. Unity ideas closely related and a complete thought

1.Lenin studied very hard. He was the best student in his class.

2.John lived simply(1) and studied hard(2). He was the best student in the class(3), and

was always ready to help his friends with their lessons

3. A poor student in his primary and secondary school years, Ted became a famous

linguist.

4.Three cobblers with their wits combined equal Chukeh Liang.

Ⅳ. Coherence 1. choppy sentences

Faulty: The teacher gave us an assignment. It was a composition. The composition was about employment opportunities for university graduates. Such opportunities were becoming fewer and fewer. The teacher asked us to hand in the work the next day. Few students did so. When the teacher came to the class the next day, he looked very unhappy.

2.Parallel ideas had better be expressed in parallel structures

1) A man should be judged not by his words but by what he does.

2)We believe it is very interesting, delicate, and a story of magic.

3. ambiguous reference

1)He knew that he did not like to go there with him.

2)They sent a chair to the repair department that was damaged.

3)I like Mary as much as Jane.

4. dangling modifiers

1)I read an article of my professor's in a new book, which discusses the differences in kinship

terms between Chinese and English.

2)When learning to spell English words, spelling rules should be memorized.

3) A notice in the Boston Herald reads: "A second free babies clinic will be held at noon. Dogs must be

accompanied by an adult on a leash.

5. Ambiguity may also arise from the inappropriate shift in voice, number, person, tense, mood and above all a shift of the theme or topic, etc.

1)Those who have not finished their work, you should report to the teacher by yourselves.

2)Anyone who wants to use a foreign language successfully should develop not only your

linguistic competence but your communicative competence and cross-cultural competence as well. And in this process, students should know that you can only depend upon yourself.

3)As you sail across the harbor, channel markers can be seen.

4)I would play tennis every morning and swam every afternoon.

5)I enjoyed an ice cream soda, but they tend to make me fat.

6)Every man should have sympathy for the poor and disabled. Please be merciful!

More exercises

1)The Spring Festival brings children care-free happiness and grants people leisured

refreshment.

2)The teacher was angry. A student was late.

3)In this war, many parents lost their sons, many wives lost their husbands, many children lost

their fathers and thousands of promising young man missed their best years for schooling.

4)The first thing I dug up was a piece of cloth. There were five silver dollars wrapped in it.

5)More fascinating about him are his lips, pale but firm, which make you can’t help believing

every word out of them.

6)After reading the novel, what impressed me most is his bravery.

7)He looks so pale that he doesn’t say anything.

8)His brother was a tall man, and he was a good fisherman.

9)Whistling for Rover, my cousin put a pail in his mouth and we started.

10)I think a person should choose their own friend.

Ⅴ Conciseness

1.Faulty: I have read a story recently. This story happened in the early 1960s.

2.Faulty: The city has a population of half a million people.

3.Faulty: There is only one interpretation that is acceptable.

4.Faulty: It is your assignment to write a summary of the story you have read this week.

5.Faulty: This orphan lost his parents at the age of three.

6.Faulty: I pulled myself together and managed to swim back with my arms and legs.

7.Faulty: The old professor has a face lined deeply with wrinkles.

8.Faulty: She is often in the habit of reading the morning papers aloud.