Sentence Writing

Sentence Writing
Contextual Reference of Tenses
(Refer to the Workbook.)
I. Write Through Applying Grammar Rules
Put in the proper tense form of the verb according to the adverbial or clause in each of the sentences.

2The football match ________ (begin) at seven yesterday evening.
3The time of the entrance examination ________ (be changed) next year.
4The students ________ (play) basketball energetically on the playground right now.

5The professor ________ (explain) the questions to the students already
6I ________ (try) to repair the car while you were watching TV.
7They went to have their dinner after they ________ (finished) the assignment.
8The bridge ________ (be built) by the time you come back from abroad.
9She _________ (tell) me that she would be very happy to have us in her home at
the weekend.
10The children have already learnt from chemistry that water _________ (be made)
up of hydrogen and oxygen.
11He will come home as soon as he ________ (finish) his job in the office.
12I'll be very glad to go to the picnic if the weather _________ (be) fine tomorrow.
13She got angry with us and _________ (leave) the room without saying good-bye.
14"I ________ (see) the film. It is really worth seeing," my sister told me on the
phone.
15It _________ (snow) heavily just now and the ground is still covered with white
snow.

Key:
1.lived   2.began   3.will be changed   4.are playing   5.has explaine
6.was trying   7.had finished   8.will have been built   9.told   10.is made
11.has finished   12.is   13.left   14.have seen   15.snowed

II. Write Through Correcting Mistakes
Correct the errors in the following sentences.

1.Please give me a call when you will need me.
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2The patient came to hospital for two days.
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3I got the news that they have planted a lot of trees on the slope.
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4We'll have a boating race in the lake if the weather will be fine in the afternoon.
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5My supervisor promised that he will come to help me immediately.
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6Mr. Deng told me that he will not attend the party at the weekend.
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7By the end of the term, we will all leave the university.
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8The timetable shows that all classes began at eight.
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9I have waited for you for a long time before I left in disappointment.
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10There are even greater changes in the coming ten years.
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11Let's leave the place the moment I'll get the plane tickets.
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12The watches they have produced a year ago were poor in quality.
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13The actors were still performing on the stage although it rained hard.
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14"Did you mind if I smoke here?" He asked us politely.
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15If I will be rich, I will travel all over the world.
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Key:
1. will need ---need
2. came to --- has been in
3. have --- had
4. will be --- is
5. will --- would
6. will --- would
7. leave --- have left
8. began --- begin
9. have waited --- had waited
10. are --- will be
11. I’ll --- I
12. have produced --- produced
13. rained --- was raining
14. Did --- Do
15. If I will be rich, I will travel all over the world.
--- If I were rich, I would travel all over the world.
/--- If I am rich, I will travel all over the world.

III. Write Through Translating
Translate the following sentences into English.

1明天将有一场精彩的网球比赛，我已经搞到票啦。
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2小李告诉我，他那天下午参加了拔河 (tug-of-war) 比赛。
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3等到明年这个时候一个现代化的体育馆(gymnasium)将在我校建成。
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4运动员们游泳时，我们大声地为他们喝彩(cheer)。
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5运动对健体强身大有好处，因此我从年轻时就开始锻炼了。
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Key:
1.  There will be an excellent tennis match tomorrow. I have got the tickets already.
2.  Xiao Li told me that he had taken part in the tug-of-war match that afternoon.
3.  A modern gymnasium will have been built at our university by this time next year.
4.  When / While the sportsmen were swimming, we were cheering for them loudly.
5.  Sports do a lot of good to our health. So I have been doing exercise since I was
young.

IV. Write Through Describing a Picture
Write a short passage of about 100 words to tell a story or about an event related to the picture given. Some useful words and phrases have been provided here to help you. You may start the passage with “Fishing is my favorite sport.”

　　Fishing is my favorite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything ?not even old boots. After having spent whole mornings by the lake, I always go home with an empty bag. "You must give up fishing!" my friends advise me. "It's a waste of time". But they don't realize one important thing. I'm not really interested in fishing. I am only interested in sitting by the lake and enjoying the pleasant time.