Reduction of Sentences (To Questions and Answers)

Contracted Sentences Practice Answers:

1. The beautiful garden is overflowing with the sound of children's joyful laughter all year round. --The garden overflowed with laughter.

2. The capricious, cold-hearted giant spent the long winter alone. --The giant got through the winter.

3. There were still traces of deer and rabbits running through the grass. --There were tracks in the grass.

4. There were many small trees around the little well. --There were small trees around it.

5. The golden sun shone all over the beautiful field. --The sun shone all over the fields.

6. There are dozens of emerald coral islands scattered on the blue sea of the South China Sea of the motherland. --The sea is sprinkled with coral islands.

7. Whenever spring comes, the tender green vegetable seedlings in the small garden have drilled out of the soil. --The vegetable seedlings burrow out.

8. When the good news came that the Chinese sportsmen and women won gold medals in the Olympic Games, he was so excited that he burst into tears. --He was thrilled.

9. The students were excited to swim in the pool. --The students swam.

10, The Summer Palace in Beijing is a big beautiful park. --The Summer Palace is a park.

11. There are many colorful paintings on the threshold of each room. --There are paintings on the cross-thresholds.

12. The wanderer who left the motherland for four hundred years has finally returned to the bosom of the motherland. --The wanderer has returned to the embrace.

13. We ascended the Haitang Embankment with the tide-watching crowd. --We ascended the Haitang Embankment.

14. The Great Wall of China is a great miracle in the history of the world. --The Great Wall is a miracle.

15、The wall on the north side of the school playground is full of young green creepers. --The wall is a creeper.

16. There were all kinds of fun things in the little wooden box. --The wooden box held things.

17The fruit trees on the hill were swinging their tiny branches and leaves cheerfully in the spring breeze. --The fruit trees swung their branches and leaves.

18, The trembling hen went along the roots of the wall and tore her voice long as a complaint. --The hen tore her voice long.

19, The midday sun shone hotly throughout the woods. --The sun shone on the woods.

20. The wind shook the sycamore tree by the roadside violently. --The wind shook the sycamore trees.

21. The bald mountain to the north could not stop the wind from the Seychelles in the least. --The mountain could not stop the wind.

22, The cunning fox kept his eyes on the meat in the crow's mouth. --The fox stares at the meat.

23. A bush of wild roses grew near the open space in the forest. -- There were wild roses growing nearby.

Sentence Reduction Exercise:

1, Father unhurriedly took a shiny pistol out of the drawer.

Answer: father took out the pistol.

2. The houses of the Hakka people reflect traditional Chinese culture.

Answer: The houses reflect the culture.

3. Tom. Sawyer is a naughty wit in the American town of St. Petersburg.

Answer: Tom Sawyer is the Grinch. Sawyer was the Grinch.

4. There are beautiful, tall and straight mahogany trees planted next to the old house in the country.

Answer: mahogany trees are planted next to the house.

5, Boyle, the famous English chemist, was hurrying towards his laboratory.

Answer: Boyle was walking away.

6, The familiar laughter of the team rang in my ears again.

Answer: ears ringing with laughter.

7、He stared irritably at his deskmate who knew he was leaning forward and backward.

Answer: He stared at the table.

8. When I lived in the country, I used to take a walk every day on the path next to the mahogany seedlings.

Answer: I took walks.

9, The reddish-brown river cascaded down the upper reaches like a waterfall.

Answer: the water cascaded down.

10、This is one of the most important reasons why Tibetan opera masks have been preserved over time.

Answer: this is one of the reasons.

11, The millions of lights in the square quietly shine on the magnificent buildings around Tiananmen Square.

Answer: the lights shine on the buildings.

12, Our cadres should care for every soldier.

Answer: cadres care about soldiers.

13. We have led a base area of 91 million people today.

Answer: We lead the base areas.

14: Comrade Zhang Side is an example of serving the people wholeheartedly.

Answer: Comrade Zhang Side is a model.

15, It was a tall, palatial house.

Answer: then house.

16, He was a very funny skinny old man.

Answer: he was old man.

17, It was a nameless, uninhabited desert island.

Answer: it is deserted island.

18, It is a lesson for life.

Answer: it is a lesson.

19, The comrade in the duty room brought two cups of hot green tea.

Answer: the comrade sent green tea.

20, More than eight thousand days slipped through my hands.

Answer: days slipped by.

21, A short, sturdy, gray-haired old man walked from backstage to the top-bowl teenager.

Answer: the old man walks to the front.

22, These two fingers are the two most graceful petals in this orchid.

Answer: the fingers are exactly two petals.

23、Tangdong Jeb was in Qiongjie in Shannan and met seven girls who could sing and dance well.

Answer: Tangdong Jeb knew the girls.

24: Ji Hongchang sacrificed his life for the cause of the revolution.

Answer: Ji Hongchang gave his life.

25、Thousands of bright candles are lit on the branches of bright green trees.

Answer: candles were lit on the branches.

26, In the cabin of the ship, Robinson found many things that could be used and eaten.

Answer: Robinson found things.

27、Several comrades in shackles twisted a charming rice-planting song in the middle of the ground dam where they used to let off steam.

Answer: comrades twisted rice-planting songs.

28、The man who lives in uncertainty can stand the test of life.

Answer: people stand the test.

29: Tangdong Jeb, who was penniless, left 58 wire bridges on the Yarlung Tsangpo River.

Answer: Tangdong Jiebu left behind iron rope bridges.

30The shadows of the new-coming day began to flash again in sighs.

Answer: the shadows flashed by.

31, Wan Tu, an official of the Ming Dynasty in China, was the first person in the history of the world to experiment with taking a rocket to the sky.

Answer: Wandu was a human being.

32, A small fly spread its soft wings and danced happily in the sunlight.

Answer: a small fly dances.

33, Mahogany sometimes wilts inexplicably.

Answer: the mahogany wilted.

34, A beautiful young, dignified and slightly tired woman stepped up to the podium.

Answer: the woman walked to the podium.

35, The white and dignified face showed a firm and slightly indifferent look.

Answer: the face showed a look of determination.

36, One summer in the 17th century, Boyle, the famous English chemist, was hurrying towards his laboratory.

Answer: Boyle walked away.

37, They have been conducting experiments everywhere.

Answer: they conducted experiments.

38, From a distance, the big and small, colorful and different shapes of clothes looked like a huge abstract painting.

Answer: The clothes look like paintings.

39, A fisherman found a piece of crystalline amber on the golden beach.

Answer: the fisherman found amber.

40、 The waves, snowy with moonlight, came one after the other towards the shore.

Answer: waves coming over.

41、The breeze was blowing the millions of willows that had just unfurled their young yellow leaves.

Answer: The breeze is blowing the willows.