This book aims to lead students at about LCE or an equivalent level, by gradual stages, from the mere imitation of selected sentence patterns to the independent construction of sentences within a given framework. It does not aim to teach essay-writing in the formal sense required in examinations but to give the students practice in composition.
The book is in three parts: in Part 1 the student is required to rewrite sentences, substituting different sets of words; in Parts 2 and 3 the basis of each exercise is a single paragraph which has to be changed or rewritten in one way or another. The amount of freedom allowed to the student in doing this is gradually increased until in the last two exercises the student is given practice in free composition. |