),而是complex sentence(复合句)。
(错误)The letter arrived today is from my foreign friend.
(分析)这是一个病句,句中出现两个没有合适方式连接的谓语动词,根本不符合语法规则。
(错误)My roommate, who had a book in his hand, was waiting for me at the door.
(分析)此句中who had a book in his hand是定语从句,而simple sentence(简单句)中不能含有从句。
三,考核知识点:考查独立短句与compound sentence之间的转换
●试题:
1. Jerry is a good student. He studies hard and grasps concepts well. (compound sentence)
6. We could take a taxi. We could walk to the restaurant. (compound sentence)
10. I needed butter to make the cookie better. I couldn‘t find any. I used vegetable oil instead. (compound sentence)
●答案:
1. Jerry is a good student, for he studies hard and grasps concepts well.
6. We could take a taxi or we could walk to the restaurant.
10. I needed butter to make the cookie better, but I couldn‘t find any, so I used vegetable oil instead.
●解题关键:
(1) 明确compound sentence(并列句)的特点:compound sentence(并列句)是由并列连词或特定的标点符号将意义相关、结构完整的两个或两个以上的simple sentence(简单句)连接起来构成的。
(2) 理顺独立短句间逻辑关系:是承递、转折、选择、还是因果?确定好后在并列连接词and, nor, but, yet, or, for, so之中选一个出来连接各分句。
(3) 第1题中,两分句间的关系为前因后果,所以选择for引出解释原因的分句。第6题中,两分句为选择关系,可用or连接。第10题较为复杂,前两个分句是转折关系,可用but或yet连接;它们又与第三个分句形成前因后果的关系,所以选择so引出结果。
●考生典型答题错误分析
(错误)Jerry is a good student for he studies hard and grasps concepts well.
(分析)用for引导表示原因的分句时,它前面一定要用comma(逗号)。
(错误)For Jerry is a good student, he studies hard and grasps concepts well.
(分析)除了因果关系不妥外,for的位置也不正确。用for连接两个简单句时,前句表示结果或结论,后句说明产生前述结果的原因,所以for只能出现在后句中。
(错误)We could take a taxi or walk to the restaurant.
(分析)此句仍是一个simple sentence(简单句)而不是compound sentence(并列句),compound sentence(并列句)必须包含两个或两个以上的simple sentence(简单句)
四,考核知识点:考查compound sentence与complex sentence之间的转换
●试题:
4. The tape recorder was not working right, so I returned it to the store. (complex sentence)
●答案:
4. Because the tape recorder was not working right, I returned it to the store.
●解题关键:
(1) 了解complex sentence(复合句)的构成:complex sentence(复合句)包含一个主句及一个或多个从句。从句分为名词性从句、形容词性从句和副词性从句。
(2) 第4题原句是compound sentence(并列句),两个分句为因果关系,要把compound sentence(并列句)重写成complex sentence(复合句)时,只需将第一个分句改为由从属连接词because引导的原因状语从句即可。
●考生典型答题错误分析
(错误)I returned the tape recorder to the store,