Monday, 24 February 2020

Eng 11 sentence work

Example sentences that could be edited:

Poh-Poh was the first most important person in the family. highest status

She is the person who is must be respected.
She is the person who is most respected.

Poh-Poh is helpful for to Jook Liang.

Jook Liang is hard to learn the knot tying.
Jook Liang found it hard to learn the knot tying.
Jook Liang found it hard to learn how to tie the knots.
I find it cold today. opinion, impression
She finds English (to be) fun.
He finds math hard.

Poh-Poh was talking to Jook Liang and she told her that she didn't know how to follow her in what she did with her and   pron

Jook Liang and Wang Bak have a truly true friendship.
truly - adv, describe verbs
true - adj, describe nouns
Truly, Jook Liang and Wang Bak truly are truly great friends. 

Poh-Poh and Jook Liang do not understand each other, they find it hard to communicate in a caring way. CS comma splice

Poh-Poh always discourage Jook Liang. AGR
Poh-Poh always discourages Jook Liang.
Check the subject verb agreement for each subject+verb

They became friends afterward. # number

They have a relationship based on friendship, respect, and fun moments. parallelism- style

They have self-confidence. They are self-confident.

Jook Liang didn't scare wasn't scared of Wang Bak.
Jook Liang didn't get scared of Wang Bak.
Jook Liang didn't feel scared of Wang Bak.

scare/scared/scary
Jook Liang didn't find Wang Bak scary.
Wang Bak didn't scare Jook Liang.

Mary didn't find the book very interesting.
Mary wasn't interested in the book.
The book didn't interest Mary.
Mary didn't feel interested in the book.

vt - verb tense 
higher level classes - The teacher may require you to write in present tense. In this class, writing in past tense is ok and much easier because novels are written in past tense.
maintain verb tense - vt  - avoid switching back and forth between past tense and present tense

FREE ADVICE - Keep it all past tense unless the teacher wants you to write in present tense.


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