Practice with Style Recommendations 6-10
6. Avoid noun strings.
7. Avoid unclear pronoun reference.
8. Use parallel constructions.
9. Construct your paragraphs according to the basic principles of academic writing.
10. Use transition words and phrases appropriately.
How can these sentences be reduced or made clearer?
1. The human resource development project newspaper deadline is Friday at 4:00.
2. Because Senator Martin is less interested in the environment than in economic development, he sometimes neglects it.
3. The tribes emphasized survival, aid, and being responsible for one another.
1. Coach Thompson was a brilliant strategist, a caring mentor, and friend.
2. Formerly, science was taught by the textbook method, while now the laboratory method is employed.
3. When Jim’s son was a year old, he decided to get married again.
4. John worked in a national forest last summer, which may be his career choice.
5. The soldiers burned a refugee camp as a result of the earlier attack. This was the cause of the war.
6. It was raining hard; on the other hand, I went outside for a long walk because I needed the exercise.
7. American women have been dyeing their hair for years. American men, nevertheless, only recently started coloring theirs.
1. She hasn't been to the USA.
2. Mary has been doing her lessons since lunch.
3. I have known him since childhood.
4. Children are tired. They have been playing all day.
5. I haven't done my homework yet.
6. I think he has made a lot of improvement.
7. Mary has passed her exams.
8. My eyes hurt. I have been watching TV for 5 hours.
9. She has been studying Math for 3 hours.
10. She hasn't taken Geography test yet.
11. My mother hasn't seen him for ages.
12. My brother has been doing his lessons since lunch.
13. I haven't heard about him for a long time.
14. I have been driving since i was 18.
15. Peter has failed his driving test three times because he doesn't know how to park.
Объяснение:
1)snows
2)is snowing
3) cooks
4) is cooking
5) leaves
6) is leaving
7) watch
8) are sitting... are watching
9) does
10) is doing
11) rains
12) is raining
13) has
14) is having
Объяснение:
1) Слово sometimes значить Present Simple
2) now- Present Continuous
3) Every morning - Present Simple
4) now- Present Continuous
5) Every day - Present Simple
6) now- Present Continuous
7) often- Present Simple
8) now- Present Continuous
9) sometimes - Present Simple
10) Look- Present Continuous
11) often- Present Simple
12) now- Present Continuous
13) Every day - Present Simple
14) now- Present Continuous