Lecture 1 Sentence structure

Lecture 1 Sentence structure

For any adhesive to make a really strong bond, ____to be glued must be absolutely clean and free from moisture or grease. C

A．and surfaces B. when surfaces C. the surfaces D. surfaces that Unlike moderate antislavery advocates, abolitionists ______ an immediate end to slavery. A

A．d emanded B. they demand

C. that they demanded

D. in that they demand

A few animals sometimes fool their enemies ____to be dead. C

A.appear

B. to appear

C. by appearing

D. to be appeared

____ the diffusion of heat upward to the Earth’s surface, the temperature within the Earth remains constant. B

A. That

B. Despite

C. If

D. When

SV:

Truth will prevail. Birds of a feather flock together.

SVC:

To live remains an art which every one must learn, but which no one can teach,

This student will make a good businessman.

Our dream has come true.

The well ran dry.

True love never grows old.

The leaves will turn yellow in autumn.

The jokes fell flat.

Alice was very irritable because _____.

A.she was not feeling well

B.she didn’t feel well

C.she doesn't feel good

D.she wasn’t feeling good

I feel well 我觉得身体好（健康）

I feel good 我感觉好（身体舒服或者精神愉快）

SVO:

A bad beginning makes a bad ending. True love shows itself in time of need.

SVOC:

I call this robbing Peter to pay Paul.

You cannot make a crab walk straight.

A hedge keeps friendship green.

Expansion of sentence:

Lost in reflection, he looked out over the white-capped sea and half leaned into the wind which was piping the note of a half gale.

Vitamins are organic compounds necessary in small amounts in the diet for the normal growth and maintenance of life of animals, including man.

Many patients were sent to hospitals only after they started to show symptoms of organ failure, which meant they were too late for treatment.

As I had become blind by then, I could not tell what the girl looked like, but I knew she wore slippers from the way they slapped against her heels, and I liked the sound of her voice.

I once watched a child of about two-and-a-half trying to stamp on little waves breaking across a wide Cornish beach.

She stretched her hands out in pleasure with every little stamp and her bathing pants fell lower and lower till she jumped them off altogether but didn’t notice it, so intent was she on the important job of stamping on those waves.

She sang to herself a sort of monotone running commentary on what she was doing and the sound of it, mingled with soft sea noises, made a most pleasing music.