Tham khảo tài liệu 'building grammar skills for toefl ibt part 15', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Building Grammar Skills Exercise The following paragraphs are not very clear and there is too much repetition. Rewrite parts of the paragraphs using coordinate conjunctions. The Mystery of Homer Although he is considered the father of western literature Homer is a remarkably badly-known individual. In fact there is no consensus on whether such a person actually existed. There are two common theories about Homer. One theory says that he was a real person. The other theory is hat he was not real. The first theory claims that Homer lived in ancient Greece probably in Athens. He took part in the attack on Troy. Therefore he could record everything that t M k place. This theory requires that the Trojan war really took place. However the heroes don t have to be real. The second theory claims two things first Homer was a real person. Second the story was actually passed down orally from generation to generation. Most likely we will never know for sure. Archaeologists might make some discoveries in the future however which will explain the history of Homer once and for all. 231 Copyrighted material Building Grammar Skills The Trojan Horse One of the most famous tricks in history is the trick of the Trojan Horse- The Trojan horse is also one of the most famous tricks in the history of the military The story of the Trojan horse is set in the Trojan War. It is also set in the city of Troy This situation was described by the Greek poet Homer in his poem The Illiad. The Illiad tells of the Trojan War. The Trojan prince Pans kidnapped the wife of the Greek king Agamemnon Helen. Then Paris took Helen to Troy. Agamemnon called his friends. They went to Troy to recapture Helen. The goddess Athena was protecting the walls of Troy and even though Agamemnon had the strongest warrior in Greek history - Achilles - his army could not win. Eventually they built a huge wooden horse. A group of soldiers went inside this horse. Then the Greek army pushed this horse to the gates of the .
