托福作文句子练习

Rewrite the following by putting the short sentences into compound or complex sentences, or sentences with participial, prepositional, or other phrases:

1. Xu comes from a working-class family. He enrolled in college last fall.

2. The dean issued a bulletin. It said the library would remain open on weekends.

3. Last night was a wild night. The thunder roared. The wind blew a gale. The rain fell in torrents.

4. There are icicles on the trees. The temperature must have fallen considerably during the night.

5. He returned to his hometown. He had been away for twelve years. He looked in vain for the familiar landmarks.

6. We have made some progress. We still have a long way to go.

7. The sky was cloudless. The sun was shining brightly.

8. There were over two hundred passengers on board the plane. About one third of them were foreigners.

9. The girl began to learn to play the piano when she was a child. Her mother was

a famous pianist.

10. Napoleon was born in Corsica（科西嘉）in 1769. At that time the island had just been acquired by France.

11. She appeared on the stage. A stormy applause broke forth.

12. The gypsies are really a nomadic people from India. They migrated into Europe. Once they were thought to be Egyptians.

13. The new workers are young and inexperienced. They are eager to learn from the veteran workers.

14. It was a poor quarter. There were a lot of small huts. They had mud walls and straw roofs. They dotted a hillside.

15. He heard that his father was ill. He was anxious to go home to see him. He went to the station early in the morning to buy a ticket.

The following sentences are not unified or coherent. Try to improve them:

1. She began to speak very fast at the meeting at ten o'clock.

2. Bernard Shaw was one of the best-known playwrights.

3. The houses were mere shanties, and rags were stuffed in the cracks and holes.

4. I read the novel on the train, which did not interest me at all.

5. A well-dressed man admitted us to the house, and we later learned that he was a thief.

6. I lost some important documents and found them three days later. The police had helped me.

7. We entered the shop, and a saleswoman greeted us, and all kinds of shoes were on the shelves, and the prices were quite reasonable, and a lot of customers were buying them.

8. Tell Helen, if she is at home, I will come to see her.

9. Listening attentively, a faulty sound was heard.

10. On entering the room, no one was seen.

11. Fred is energetic, capable, and a man you can rely on.

12. The children promised to be careful and that they would return home early.

13. Dickens's novels offer no solution to the social injustices he exposes in them.

14. My watch is either fast or yours is slow.

15. Glancing out of the window, a beautiful view attracted my attention.

16. He nearly finished reading ten books during the vacation.

17. If interested in painting, a course can be taken at the evening school.

18. She said that she would come if she could, but not to wait for her.

19. To tell my friend the good news the letter was posted at once.

20. I will go to the lecture, for I like his poems.