Writing Term 1 Sentence Structures And Errors

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY - 2018

Pham Cong Ngoc, M.A – Ho Thị Xuan Hong, M.A

WRITING TERM 1

SENTENCE STRUCTURES AND ERRORS

(Used for the Advanced Curriculum)

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Pham Cong Ngoc, M.A –Ho Thị Xuan Hong, M.A

WRITING TERM 1

SENTENCE STRUCTURES AND ERRORS

(Used for the Advanced Curriculum)

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY - 2018

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INTRODUCTION

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WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?

Sentence Structures and Errors is a short writing coursebook of 30 classroom

hours for the first term students of advanced curriculum who wish to master

general English competence and skills and high scores in exams. It teaches them

not only English language skills with a focus on writing ones but also reading

techniques and background knowledge. In addition, this book is a good guide for

students to study for exams.The units in this book cover many theories of

English sentence construction and errors which help them increase their

sentence writing skills and self correction. Also, this book covers many types of

typical writing tasks which are useful for them to take English writingexams.

WHAT DOES THE BOOK CONTAIN?

Obviously, this book deals with theories related to all types of English

sentences including simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence

and compound- complex sentence. Moreover, it covers all kinds of

punctuations that are really helpful for students not only to write English tests

accurately but also to use in their profession in the future. For each part of

theory, there are salient examples with explanation to illustrate the point, so

students can understand it more effectively. Also, the second part of the book

analyzes common errors which are easily committed by students when

writingsentences.Allelaborateexamplesaredesignedtoenhancestudents￾recognitio

nand understand the sentence errors. In addition, in each unit, there are practice

parts which are intended to consolidate the theory mentionedpreviously

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PART A: SENTENCE STRUCTURE

UNIT 1: AN OVERVIEW OF SENTENCES