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Incorporate Various Sentence Types in Writing, part 2
Enhancing Your Skills in Using Different Sentence Structures
Utilizing Passive Voice in Writing Practice
Exercise 1: Rewrite the following sentence.
No woman has ever loved him. → This is a passive construction.
He has never been loved by any woman. → This is a passive sentence.
While interchanging active and passive sentences may not be wrong, it lacks coherence in content.
Exercise 2: Rewrite the given sentence.
Hint for passive voice:
Nam Cao (1915 – 1951) is the pen name of the writer - journalist - martyr Tran Huu Tri.
→ Purpose: Highlighting the name and talent of Nam Cao.
II. USING THE FORM OF SENTENCE WITH AN INITIAL CLAUSE
Question 1:
The house where the silk is woven still exists.
- Initial clause: The house
- Transforming initial clause into modifier: The silk-weaving house still exists.
Question 2: See
As I gaze, the drivers say, “You have such a distant look!”
Question 3:
a. The second question begins: From myself, every day I practice.
- “From myself” serves as the beginning phrase
- At the beginning of the sentence, before the subject.
- Indication: There's a comma after the introductory phrase.
b. A sentence containing an introductory phrase is: “Sensations, self-feelings, emotional life, those are the main battlegrounds of literature”.
- “Sensations, self-feelings, emotional life.” serves as the introductory phrase
- At the beginning of the sentence, before the subject.
- Indication: There's a pause indicated by a comma
III. USING SENTENCES WITH ADVERBIALS OF SITUATION
Question 1:
a. Begins the sentence
b. Consists of a verb phrase
c. Moves the subject to the beginning of the sentence
⟶ Observation:
Similarity: Both sentences are factual sentences describing the actions of the same subject, the old lady.
Difference:
| Câu gốc | Câu thay đổi vị trí | |
Cấu tạo | Câu có trạng ngữ chỉ hành động, 1 cặp chủ vị | Câu 1 chủ ngữ, 2 vị ngữ |
Nội dung | Hành động của bà già là bị động. Câu có sự liên kết với câu trước đó | Hành động của bà già là chủ động. Không có sự liên kết logic với câu trước đó |
Question 2: C
Question 3:
Receiving the praise from Commander Sơn Hưng for the road department→Adverbial of situation.
Differentiating between minor news and important news.
IV. SUMMARY OF THE USE OF THREE TYPES OF SENTENCES IN TEXTS
Question 1.
Subject, introductory phrase, and adverbial in passive sentences of situation all start the sentence.
Question 2.
All elements of subject, introductory phrase, and adverbial usually convey information already known from the previous sentence in the text.
Question 3:
Crafting coherence within text.
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Alongside Preparing Practical Exercises on Utilizing Various Sentence Structures in Texts, students should delve into other compositions such as Composing Pieces on Love and Enmity, William Shakespeare, or the section Composing Review on Literature Section, composing for Grade 11 to reinforce their knowledge.
