IV.  Building Up A Sentence

 

 

       

 

  Introduction

  I.   Basic Forms

  II.  IF Cases

  III. Structure of A Sentence

  IV. Building Up  A Sentence

 

      Example 1-5

      Example 6-10

      Example 11-15

      Example 16- 20

 

  V.  Paragraph and Short

       Report.

 

 VI. Transitional and Leading

       Words

 

Example 1-5

( 1 )

This is a house.

This is an old house.

This is an old beautiful house.

This is an old beautiful house with three bedrooms. 

This is an old beautiful house with three bedrooms on the second floor. 

This is an old beautiful house with three bedrooms on the second floor;

each room has a great view.

 

( 2 )

It is an expensive house.

Sitting on the top of a hill, it is an expensive house.

Sitting on the top of a hill with panoramic ocean view, it is an expensive house.

 Located at the center of the lakeside district, it is an expensive house.

 It is an expensive house and is worth of two million dollars.

It is an expensive house, which was owned by a movie star.

 It is an expensive house designed by a famous architect.

 It is an expensive house

designed by a famous architect and owned by a movie star.

 

 It is an expensive house designed by a famous architect

who lived in this house a year ago.

 

It is an expensive house

 which has ten bed rooms, a library, a modern kitchen, and a separate guest suite. 

It is an expensive house and has a rich history.

It is an expensive house which we could have bought three years ago.

   If this house had more land, it could be a very expensive house.

  

( 3 )

He is my friend.

 He is my good friend. 

He is my good friend who owns a computer company. 

He is my good friend who owns a computer company in Taipei.

He is my good friend who owns a computer company in Taipei

and a department store in San Francisco.

 

( 4 )

This book is interesting.

 This is a very interesting book.

This is a very interesting book about California. 

This is a very interesting book about the history of California.

 

( 5 )

Yesterday, I bought a book. 

Yesterday, I bought a book at a local book store.

Yesterday, I bought a book and a record at a local book store.

Yesterday, I bought a rare book and an antique record at a local used book store.

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