Tham khảo tài liệu 'grammar and usage for better writing_10', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | EXERCISE 1. Some of the following paragraphs have unity some do not. Read each paragraph carefully and tell which sentences if any are off the topic. Sample 1 1When Benjamin Franklin was a teenager rivers were not so polluted as they are now. 2For example the day he arrived in Philadelphia in 1723 he went down to the wharf for a drink from the river. 3Who would dare to drink water straight from a river today SENTENCES OFF THE TOPIC IF ANY None All the sentences deal with one topic river pollution. Sample 2 1Amelia Earhart had a brief but remarkable career in aviation. 2In 1932 she became the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic. 3Three years later she flew from Hawaii to California by herself. 4No one had ever done this before. 5In 1937 with copilot Frederick J. Noonan she tried to fly around the world but her plane disappeared in the middle of the Pacific and no trace of it or her was ever found. 6Amelia s first career was teaching. 7Later she became a writer. 8In fact at the time of her disappearance she was married to George P. Putnam a publisher. SENTENCES OFF THE TOPIC IF ANY Sentences 6 7 and 8 The topic is Amelia Earhart s aviation career. Sentences 6 7 and 8 do not deal with that topic. Paragraph 1 1A part-time job has many advantages. 2First of all it gives you money to spend on things you need or like so that you don t have to keep asking for a bigger allowance. 3Also if you are thrifty it enables you to save for the future especially for college. 4But most of all it gives you a chance to contribute something to the family s expenses if your parents need the money. 5They are sure to appreciate this help and you will feel more responsible and independent. SENTENCES OFF THE TOPIC IF ANY Paragraph 2 1What do we mean by global warming and what causes it 2The surface temperature of the earth has risen by about 1 degree Fahrenheit over the past century. 3The term means the warming of earth s atmosphere believed to be caused by accumulation of greenhouse
