好多時,寫文章時句法單調,不少同學都用實物作為主語。由於文章經常圍繞某一至兩個主語,作為比較,但篇幅一拉長,就少不了重覆運用同一兩個名字主語,語句生硬而單調。
其實學員從少都學過不少動詞,將動詞加上ing,變成Gerund,就可以增加不少生字,令用語變得變化多端。
例如:Some students find it difficult to learn English so they try to shirk their responsibilities to improve it.
Learning English becomes a difficult task to some students so they try to shirk their responsibilities to improve it.
從此例中,可以見到將Learning English變成一個片語Phrase,則能輕易地將句法變得生動,而不需要不斷重覆students或youngsters之類的名詞。由於動作變化較大,所以句式變化就多了。