Part Five Practice Your Grammar
Let’s read the following sentences and try to work out the rules of simple sentences（简单句）.And then put the number in front of each sentence into the following chart accordingly.
1.I sent him a telegram.
2.The director appointed him sales manager.
3.These flowers smell fragrant.
4.What he said is not true.
5.Nobody could answer the question.
6.I live in Chongqing.
7.Everybody laughed.
8.The boy can stay in the room so long as he keeps quiet.
9.He treated her badly.
10.He didn’t like us, and everyone knew it, but no one admitted it.
11.They watched television, but we couldn’t see the program because our television was broken.
Then let’s complete the chart below.
英语句子的类型（按结构划分）
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Task 1
Combine each group of sentences into a single sentence, using coordination（并列）,subordination（从属）or both.
1.Tommy stood in front of the mirror./ He looked at his face./ He recalled the big change./ It had happened to him years ago.
2.He had greatly wronged his only daughter./ She might never forgive him./ This idea almost drives him crazy.
3.This is a good spot for a picnic./ A river flows on one side./ A large tree provides shade.
4.The story is written in plain language./ It consists of three parts./ It has an interesting plot.
5.The town folk envied Sarah./ Sarah had come into a small fortune./ With the fortune she bought a big house.
Task 2
Let’s read the following sentences carefully.
Example:
1.He is sleeping.
2.He is sleeping in class.
3.He is sleeping in the English class.
4.He is sleeping soundly in the English class.
5.He is sleeping soundly in the English class when the teacher calls his name.
6.He, who attended his friend’s birthday party till midnight yesterday, is sleeping soundly in the English class when the teacher calls his name.
And then try to simulate and make your own sentences using the simple sentence “He is working ”.