Tham khảo tài liệu 'the official guide to the new toefl ibt part 36', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | pronoun A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun. You can use pronouns such as she it which and they to make your writing less repetitive. question mark This is the punctuation mark used at the end of a direct question. For example Is David coming to the party sentence combining Sometimes writers combine two or more short sentences to make a longer one. The reason for doing this is that too many short sentences often make the writing sound choppy. Using sentence-combining techniques in the revising process can improve the style of your essay. singular Singular means single or one. In English grammar nouns pronouns and verbs can take singular forms. For example car is a singular noun he or she is a singular pronoun and climbs is a singular verb in the present tense. subject The subject of a sentence tells who or what a sentence is about. For example Stephen ran into the parking lot. Stephen is the subject of the sentence. supporting ideas Supporting ideas are the details that develop the main idea of a paragraph. They can be definitions explanations illustrations opinions evidence and examples. They usually come after the topic sentence and make up the body of a paragraph. tense Tenses indicate time. Sometimes tenses are formed by changes in the verb as in He sings present tense and He sang past tense . At other times tenses are formed by adding modals or helping verbs. For example He will give me fifty dollars future tense He has given me fifty dollars perfect tense . thesis The thesis or thesis statement of an essay states what will be discussed in the whole essay. It offers your reader a quick and easy summary of the essay. A thesis statement usually consists of two parts your topic and what you are going to say about the topic. Thesis statements are supported by main ideas. topic sentence The topic sentence states the main idea of a paragraph. It tells your reader what the paragraph is about. An easy way to make sure your reader understands the topic of a
