Creating Sentences with Information Provided is a subcategory of Sentence Creation in which students are required to create new sentences based on key words or phrases provided (e.g., ate / the bone / a / dog = A dog ate the bone.).


ACTIVITIES:

1. Write original sentences with these participles.

1. boring

2. self-satisfied

3. surprised

4. amazing

5. deeply depressed

6. exhilarating

7. worried

8. modern-thinking

9. disinterested

10. irritating

Thewlis, S. (1993). Grammar Dimensions, Book Three.

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2. Using the pairs and the adjectives below, ask a partner questions with who or which. Answer each other's questions.

EXAMPLES: (popular) Madonna or Tina Turner?

Who is more popular, Madonna or Tina Turner?

(practical) cordless phone or regular phone?

Which is more practical: a cordless phone or a regular phone?

1. (intelligent) women or men?
2. (difficult) speaking English or writing Enghsh?
3. (bad) ironing or vacuuming?
4. (cheap) a city college or private college?
5. (powerful) a 4-cylinder car or a 5-cylinder car?
6. (dangerous) a motorcycle or a car?
7. (sensitive) women or men?
8. (delicious) Chinese food or Italian food?
9. (spicy) Indian food or Thai food?
10. (useful) a typewriter or a computer?
11. (heavy) a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?

Badalamenti, V. and Henner-Stanchina, C. (1993). Grammar Dimensions, Book One.

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3. Use the following phrases (infinitives of purpose) in original sentences.

EXAMPLES: To tell the truth

To tell the truth, the course in modern European history was much more difficult than the one in American history.

To finish his paper

The student worked all night to finish his paper.

1. to be brief

2. to be honest

3. to get the job done

4. to avoid trouble

5. to make a long story short

Dunham, H. and Summers, C. (1986). English Integrated.

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4. Without looking at earlier pages, indicate whether the second word in each set of words should be a gerund or an infinitive. (In a few cases either may be used.) Then, construct a short sentence about yourself or a classmate. Use a variety of tenses. Check your answers or work with a partner, checking each other's work.

1. talk about/ go.

I've talked about going out of town this weekend.

2. decide/ move.

Akmed has decided to move to a new apartment.

3. mean / say.

4. arrange / stay.

5. hate / wait

6. order (someone) / do

7. look forward to / see

8. tell (someone) / study

9. can't help /want

10. concentrate on / finish

11. want / buy

12. enjoy / use

13. refuse / listen

14. seem / be

15. offer / lend

16. keep on / walk

17. cause (something) / happen

18. dream about / become

19. start / work

20. need / choose

Knepler, M. (1990). Grammar with a Purpose.

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5. Choose the correct comparative form of the adjective in each group of words. Choose from these patterns: -er than, more...than, as...as, less than, and not as...as. You must use each of these forms at least once.

1. (New York / large / Montreal.)

2. (Paris / old / Cairo.)

3. (In 1940, Shanghai / industrialized / Marseilles.)

4. (Dublin / far from London / Naples.)

5.(Cairo's climate / dry / London's.)

6. (Tokyo / crowded / Hong Kong.)

7. (London / famous for its Renaissance art / Florence.)

8. (For swimming, the Mediterranean / good / the North Sea.)

9. (A first-class hotel room in Paris / expensive / a first-class hotel room in Geneva.)

Fingado, G., Freeman, L., Jerome, M., and Summers, C. (1991). The English Connection, 2nd ed.

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