文档介绍：Lesson Two
Essential Grammar for Writing
新托福写作的语法基础
Contents
Basic sentence structure
Gerund, infinitive, participle
Noun/Adjective/Adverb clauses
Warm-up
Correct the following sentences.
Basic sentence structure
Sentence
至少有一个主语和一个谓语动词,并能表达完整意思的集合。
Jeremy wants to major in chemistry in college.
Chemistry is his favorite subject.
主语
谓语
主语
谓语
Fragment
不完整的句子:没有主语或谓语动词,或者不能表达完整意思的集合。
Wants to major in chemistry.
Jeremy to major in chemistry.
Because Jeremy likes chemistry.
--- Because Jeremy likes chemistry, he wants to major in that subject.
自我检测
分析句子主要成分
Moving some big factories and their employees to the countryside can avoid traffic and housing problems in big cities.
句子类型
1 主语+ 动词
My grandparents live in a small town.
美句欣赏
The number of tourists fluctuated slightly in 2008.
Notions about this issue vary greatly from person to person.
The consumptions of electricity topped at 9 .
自我检测
1. %。(dramatically)
2. 人们对动物保护的观点不一。(differ)
2) 主语+ 动词+ 补语
Parents are the best teachers for their children.
Computers have e very useful tools in modern life.
美句欣赏
The protection of old buildings is a luxury for developing nations.
The most important factor in learning language is a strong will to make it.
Childhood is the prime period of people’s physical and mental development.
自我检测
Physical education is a waste of time and resources.
养殖和屠杀这些动物的方法通常是野蛮和残忍的。(slaughter, brutal)