2. We need to inherit and give full play to the fine tradition of hard struggle in order to carry out the construction of the Four Worlds.
3. In the second half of the night, there was a sudden rumble of thunder, followed by a flash of electricity.
4. Rice is an important production area in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces.
5. In a while, we cleaned several unclean places.
6.At present, it is the golden season in Beijing, and tourists from all countries are coming here.
7.Mr. Wang is very nice to us and always speaks sweetly.
8. Beneficial birds such as swallows, woodpeckers and frogs all specialize in eating pests and are good friends of mankind.
9. In March, Beijing theaters are preparing to release more than 70 new films from ancient and modern times.
10.Our teacher is so eloquent that he talks about reasoning in a boastful way.
11. The Party Central Committee attaches great importance to and supports the development of science.
12. Every student should be a laborer in moral, intellectual and physical education.
13.Today is my little cousin's fifth birthday.
14.He was criticized for this violation of his mistake.
15.Lanlan's spirit of helping others deserves to be touched by everyone
16.The students listened to the teacher's lecture with gleaming eyes
17.The comrades of the British Model Corps gave all of us a report
18.The interest groups of the two schools began their activities yesterday
19.It was only in the second half of the nineteenth century that it was discovered that Corals are predators that live in the sea
20.On the first day of the opening of the exhibition, many people, including workers, peasants, soldiers, students and women, came to attend.
21.When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded our country, they burned down and ransacked the Yuanmingyuan in the western suburbs of Beijing.
22. Wang Ping and Li Hua established a deep friendship
23. When they worked, the teacher and the older students did the heavy work, and the women did the lighter work
24. Recalling their own growth, every step of the way is inseparable from the cultivation of the "gardener"
25.
26. Learning about the laws is one of the most important issues at the moment
27. Air, like everything else, has the property of expanding and contracting.
The students welcomed the teacher enthusiastically.
②Ming loves time very much.
③We should be firm in our correct opinions.
①The advice given by Zhang Lin was correct and everyone agreed with him.
②He was stubborn and refused to accept his classmates' opinions with an open mind.
③At the class meeting, his classmates exposed his strengths and weaknesses truthfully. Underline the improperly used words in the following sentences with "____" and correct them in the brackets afterward.
(1) We praise Li Lin for being recognized as a "three good" student. ( )
(2) Xiaoling is arbitrary and never hesitates. ( )
(3)He greeted me warmly and shook my hand. ( )
(4) Kiki was in a heavy mood after doing something wrong. ( )
(5) The school playground has expanded quite a bit more. ( )
(6) I just keep flowers as a hobby in my life. ( )
(7) With hard work, I finally achieved good academic success. ( )
(8) To write good essays, you must have the spirit of not being afraid of difficulties. ( )
(9)The soldiers hid themselves in their forward positions. ( )
(10) During the Anti-Japanese War, many small anti-Japanese heroes appeared in China. ( )
Correcting Sentences II ----- Incomplete Sentences
A complete sentence should usually include two parts, the main and the predicate, to make "who and what" or "what and how" clear.
Sometimes, the subject is missing. For example:
①You can sing "Only a Good Mother in the World".
②The teacher taught me the meaning of learning.
③It educated me a lot after reading this article.
Sometimes, the predicate is missing. e.g.
①We want a far-reaching revolutionary ideal.
②The public **** car will be on the meeting road in front of my house.
③We want to work for making our country more prosperous and strong.
Sometimes, the object is missing. For example:
①I give it to Xiaoli's classmates.
②The person I respect most is.
Exercise: read the following sentences and complete the incomplete ones.
1．Daddy is in the light.
2. The room looked warm as it shone through the glass on the table.
3．You look closely at the tiny feet of the creeper and think of the picture.
4．We have to be hygienic.
5．The sound of the piano came from the cottage.
6．Young people should be taught to love the motherland.
7．The boat left the dock quickly and sailed to the center of the lake like an arrow off the string.
8．The uncle of the People's Liberation Army opened it.
9．Kong Fan Sen rescued many Tibetan orphans.
10．The beautiful Xuanwu Lake Park.
11．The beloved teacher cared for everything.
12．A profound truth is illustrated from this ordinary little thing.
13．Our school has carried out the activity of "Hand in Hand".
Correcting Sentences ----- Word Order
Example Sentences:
①Li Yong must have been honored by his classmates as one of the "three good" students.
②It was a clear night.
①Beijing in May is a beautiful season.
②To be honest． He didn't sing well.
③I have told everyone about the victory.
④We discussed and listened to the principal's report.
5This year's wheat harvest is expected to grow well.
6These two old and new societies are really a sharp contrast!
EXERCISE: Find and correct the following sentences in which the words are not in the right order.
1. Languages are of particular interest to me.
2. The Mercedes Benz was a small car on the road.
3．Our population is the largest in the world.
4．He held the old worker's tight hand.
5．The country is rich in all kinds of minerals buried underground.
6．An old worker with gray hair sat on the podium.
7．There isn't much time left for the exam, so we have to revise quickly.
8．Through this stage of revision, the students' general performance has improved.
9．We discussed and listened to the report of the Old Red Army.
10．The teacher praised the spirit of Li Xiaoming for helping others.
Correcting Sentences IV ----- Repeatedly Long-winded
Example Sentences:
①The teacher repeated many times that we should study hard.
②The hills are full of fruit trees.
③Our whole school and the principal attended the National Day Celebration.
Exercise:
Correct the repetitive verbosity in the following sentences.
1. The grandmother remembered many past events.
2. We listened to the teacher without blinking our eyes.
3．The school is a big, beautiful, scenic park.
4．The flowers in the park are very beautiful.
5．We should save water and not waste it.
6．Xiaohong answered the questions asked by the teacher correctly.
7．The weather was sunny this afternoon, but I didn't expect it to rain heavily in the afternoon.
8．The wheat was ripe and the fields were golden in color.
9. I have a very red bright red scarf.
10．Watching the skit "So Packed", everyone laughed in unison.
Correcting Sentences V ----- inconsistencies
Example Sentences:
1. All the students in the class are here, but only Mr. Wang Gang didn't come.
②It rained heavily all night yesterday evening.
①I am going to graduate from elementary school.
②I concluded that he was probably Lu Li's brother.
③The students crowded into the movie theater in a neat line.
Exercise: find the inconsistencies in the following sentences and correct them.
1．A thunderstorm fell all day and all night.
2. In the morning, the afterglow of the sun flooded the campus.
3．I was doing my homework when Sun Lin came to play with me.
4．I'm good at all my subjects, but I'm not good at music.
5．There were hardly any failures in the class in this exam.
6．As soon as the bell rang, the campus gradually boiled over.
7．Looking at the skillful movements, he must be a professional athlete.
8．I bravely rushed down the hill, but I was a little afraid.
9．The sky was full of dark clouds, and the sun shone so brightly that you couldn't open your eyes.
10．Your solution I completely agree with, there is only one thing I don't agree with.
Modifying Sentences VI ----- Confused Concepts
Example Sentences:
1. All kinds of snakes and many birds are on display in the zoo's reptile house.
②The park is full of trees such as pines and peach blossoms.
③I love eating apples, bananas, cucumbers and other fruits.
④The book corner has extracurricular books such as Children's Literature, Juvenile Literature and Art and China Youth Daily.
Exercise:
Correct the following sentences where the concepts are confused and unclear.
1. I love to read newspapers such as China Youth Daily and Children's Times.
2. Today, my mother bought a lot of vegetables: greens, radishes, fish ......
3. The Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, the Great Wall of China and the Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing are all famous monuments in China.
4．Li Ming's father speaks three or four foreign languages, especially Chinese.
5．Paper-making is one of China's four great inventions.
6．He is from Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
7．The West Lake is a good place to visit in spring.
8．The Party Central Committee sent an airplane to send food, medicine, rice and clothes to the people in the disaster area.
9．There are all kinds of sports equipments in the school playground, such as bars, double bars, climbing poles, sand pits and basketball courts.
10．In the zoo, we saw monkeys, elephants, tigers, lions, northeastern tigers and polar bears and many other interesting animals.
Correcting Sentences VII ----- Improper Matching
One is improper matching of the subject and the predicate. For example:
①The homework my teacher told me to do has been practiced on Saturday.
②When everyone pays attention to school hygiene, the health and diseases of the whole school will be protected.
③The lives of the people are constantly rising and improving.
The second is the improper collocation of verb and object. For example:
①With the help of my teacher, I soon overcame my mistakes.
② At the farewell party, the students performed songs and dances.
③I listened to the radio and TV every night.
④The students gradually corrected their attitudes and purposes.
Thirdly, the associated words are improperly matched. For example:
①Though Mr. Liu is over sixty years old, and he is very fit.
②This poetry recital was organized in order to improve everyone's literary appreciation
Exercise: find out where the words in the following sentences are improperly matched and correct them.
1. Dad's password was brought home on time.
2. The path between the two mountains flowed slowly.
3．Mom made a cup of tea, and it was delicious!
4．After my teacher's education, I improved my interest in learning.
5．He likes playing soccer and table tennis very much.
6．During the exam, I answered and handed in the papers meticulously.
7．After sweeping the floor today, we lined up the tables and chairs clean.
8．We strolled along the channel in the countryside.
9．Because he had made great progress, but the teacher praised him.
10．You can only correct your shortcomings if you are open to others' opinions.
Comprehensive Exercises
Modify the following sick sentences, paying attention to the use of modifying symbols, and think about which -type of error they belong to.
(1) The street was lined with people.
(2)Mr. Li is so nice that he is always cheeky when he sees us.
(3)The West Lake is beautiful and scenic.
(4)Zhang Yan and Li Rong made a date to revise their homework together at their own home.
(5)The athlete ran the whole race with determined perseverance.
(6)Reading books outside the classroom, we can increase our knowledge and writing.
(7)We can improve our academic performance only if we think independently.
(8) Li Gang doesn't care about the collective.
(9)I like drawing, especially portraits.
(10) Under my teacher's education, I have corrected my attitude and purpose of study.
(11) We not only exercise regularly, but also strengthen our physique.
(12) Xiaoli was on her way to school, walking towards the school alone.
(13) My mom is very concerned.
(14) The old worker was helping the police to keep order on the road.
(15) The sight and aroma of ripening fruit can be seen everywhere in the fields in the fall. Last year the country was one of the largest oil exporters in the world.
2. We need to inherit and carry forward the fine tradition of hard work in our four-color construction.
3. In the second half of the night, there was a sudden flash of electricity, followed by a rumble of thunder.
4. Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces are important rice-producing areas.
5.After a while, we cleaned up several unclean places.
6.At present, it is the golden season in Beijing, and there are a lot of tourists from different countries.
7.Mr. Wang is very nice to us and always speaks softly.
8. Swallows, woodpeckers and other beneficial birds and frogs all specialize in eating pests and are good friends of mankind.
9. In March, Beijing theaters are preparing to release more than 70 new films reflecting ancient and modern content.
10.Our teacher is so eloquent that he can talk sense.
11. The Party Central Committee attaches importance to and strongly supports the development of science.
12. Every student should become a laborer with all-round development of moral, intellectual and physical education.
13. Today is my little cousin's fifth birthday.
14.He was criticized for this wrong practice of violating discipline.
15.Lanlan's spirit of helping others is worth learning.
16.The students listened attentively to the teacher's lecture.
17.The comrades of the Ying Model Group gave a report to all our students.
18.Two interest groups in the school began their activities yesterday.
19.It was not until the second half of the 19th century that coral was discovered to be a predator living in the sea.
20.The day the exhibition opened, many people, including workers, peasants, soldiers and students, came to attend.
21.When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded our country, they ransacked and burned down the Yuanmingyuan in the western suburbs of Beijing.
22.Wang Ping and Li Hua developed a deep friendship.
23. When laboring, teachers and male students do the heavy work and female students do the light work.
24. Recalling his own growth, every step of the way is inseparable from the nurturing of the "gardener".
25. After a lot of hard work, Xiaodong's sloppiness has changed.
26. Learning all the laws is one of the most important tasks now.
27.Air, like other substances, has the property of thermal expansion and contraction.