Transcript Xiaoming had lost his library card, he couldn`t finish his paper

Sentence Writing（1）
How to Write Good Sentences
• Complete Sentence
• 完整句
• Sentence Fragments
• 不完整句
Grammatically Complete Sentence
• He
came . to the classroom very early.
• subject + predicate verb +adverbials
• She
wrote
a long
letter.
• subject + transitive verb + attribute object
• Dr. Smith is
a professor .of physics.
• subject + link-verb +predicative +complement
Every sentence has two essential parts:
The subject of a sentence
is the part about which
something is being said.
The flower bloomed.
Bob painted.
The girls on the team were
all good students.
The predicate of a sentence
is the part which says
something about the subject.
Bill told everyone
about the wreck.
Mary sobbed.
Sue plays the piano well.
Seven Basic Elements
subject(主)
predicate(谓语)
predicative(表语)or (complement补语),
object(宾语),
object complement(宾补)
attributive(定语)
adverbial(状语）
The Basic Sentence Structures
1. Subject + verb
The telephone rang.
2. Subject + verb + complement
We are students. / Milk turns sour.
3. Subject + verb + object
Labor created man .
4. Subject + verb + IO + DO
I sent him a letter.
5. Subject + verb + object + complement
We elected him our monitor.
Rule of Man vs. Rule of Law
Chinese
No subject：下雨了。
No verb：我二十岁。
No object：词典来了，
快去买吧。
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English
• S+V: It rains.
• S+Lv+ P:I am 20 years old.
• Hurry up and buy some
dictionaries.
Complete Sentences
What’s wrong with the following sentences?
• 1. The whole school is a big garden, it is
divided into several departments.
• 2. Walk around in the school, you will
always see lovely girls, boys, lots of
beautiful flowers stand beside the road.
Complete Sentences
Use a colon.
Use a semicolon.
Avoid the comma fault
Use a dash.
Start a new sentence.
• Insert right punctuation.
• Adding a connecting word.
小明的图书证掉了，他不能完成论文了。
Xiaoming had lost his library card, he couldn’t finish his paper.
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Xiaoming had lost his library card. He couldn’t finish his paper.
Xiaoming had lost his library card; he couldn’t finish his paper.
Xiaoming couldn’t finish his paper: he had lost his library card.
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Xiaoming couldn’t finish his paper—he had lost his library card.
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Xiaoming had lost his library card, so he couldn’t finish his paper.
Xiaoming had lost his library card, and he couldn’t finish his paper.
Because he had lost his library card, Xiaoming couldn’t finish his
paper.
As he had lost his library card, Xiaoming couldn’t finish his paper.
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Four types of sentence fragments:
1. Fragments Without Verbs
2. Fragments Without Subjects
3. Fragments Without Subjects and/ or
Verbs
4. Fragments of Dependent Clauses
For example:
(1) After I arrived in Chicago by bus. I
checked into a room.
(Correct) After I arrived in Chicago by
bus, I checked into a room.
e.g.:
(2) He talked for fifty minutes without
taking his eyes off his notes. Apparently
not noticing that half the class was
asleep.
(Correct) He talked for fifty minutes
without taking his eyes off his notes.
Apparently he did not notice that half
the class was asleep.
(3) Roger and Lester piling on at
the goal line.
(Correct) Roger and Lester were
piling on at the goal line.
(4) Our host entertained us with many
interesting stories of adventure, he had
been a member of exploration team
working in the Arctic.
(Correct) Our host, who had been a
member of an exploration team working
in the Arctic, entertained us with many
interesting stories of adventure.
Acceptable Sentence Fragments
Oh, my God!
High quality with low price!
Why? —Out of fear.
• Create a special effect.
“Going somewhere?” Toni asked.
“To the gym,” Brad replied.
“With whom?” Toni asked.
“Tom and Big Fred,” he answered.