Methods to Making Loose and Periodic Sentences Preposing or Postposing the adverbial clause Preposing or Postposing the adverbial phrase Preposing or Postposing the participial phrase Preposing ID: 559636
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Creating Loose and Periodic SentencesSlide2
Methods to Making Loose and Periodic Sentences
Preposing
or Postposing the adverbial clause
Preposing
or Postposing the adverbial phrase
Preposing
or
Postposing the participial phrase
Preposing
or
Postposing the prepositional phrase
Preposing
or
Postposing the apposition
Preposing
or
Postposing the adjective or adjective phraseSlide3
Preposing
or
Postposing
the adverbial
clause
Example 1:
Loose
( postposition): The world won’t end even if we fail again and again.
Periodic
(preposition): Even if we fail again and again, the world won’t end.
Example 2:
Loose
( postposition):Bill had cleaned the room before Tom returned.
Periodic
(preposition):Before Tom returned, Bill had cleaned the room.Slide4
Preposing
or
Postposing
the adverbial
phrase
Example 1:
Loose
( postposition):Bill started to write his composition early in the morning.
Periodic
(preposition):Early in the morning, Bill started to write his composition.
Example 2:
Loose
( postposition):We feel much honored to have you come to visit our country.
Periodic
(preposition):To have you come to visit our country, we feel much honored.Slide5
Preposing
or Postposing the participial
phrase
Example 1
Loose
( postposition): She came up shouldering a spade.
Periodic
(preposition):Shouldering a spade, she came up.
Example 2:
Loose
( postposition): He came back, utterly exhausted.
Periodic
(preposition): Utterly exhausted, he came back.Slide6
Preposing
or Postposing the prepositional
phrase
Example 1:
Loose
(postposition):Tom was cutting a piece of metal with great care.
Periodic
(preposition):With great care, Tom was cutting a piece of metal.
Example 2:
Loose
(postposition): This was done without my knowledge and without my consent.
Periodic
(preposition):Without my knowledge and without my consent, this was done.Slide7
Preposing
or Postposing the
apposition
Example 1:
Loose
(postposition): Tom became fond of Bill, a cheerful, hard-working apprentice.
Periodic
(preposition): A cheerful, hard-working apprentice, Tom became fond of Bill.
Example 2:
Loose
(postposition): He read all kinds of books, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.
Periodic
(preposition): Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, he read all kinds of books.Slide8
Preposing
or Postposing the adjective or adjective
phrase
Example 1:
Loose
(postposition): She took down what he said, conscientious and eager.
Periodic
(preposition): Conscientious and eager, she took down what he said.
Example 2:
Loose
(postposition): Bill was cleaning the lathe full of energy.
Periodic
(preposition): Full of energy, Bill was cleaning the lathe.