RW 2 Describing picture & people.MDI - Noel's ESL eBook Library

EXERCISE
REVIEW
G. Organisation: Irrelevant sentences
a. If a sentence is irrelevant, it doesn’t belong. Irrelevant sentences can make your writing
difficult to understand.
Look at the short paragraphs below. One sentence in each paragraph is irrelevant. Cross it out.
e.g. Between 1982 and 1987 British banks received over US$125 billion in
debt-service payments from Latin America. This is equal to every
Latin American person paying US$64 a year to the banks. During the
same period, direct British aid to Latin America was under 13 cents
per person per year. In addition, many tourists visited Latin America
in the 1980’s.
1. For most of its’ history, China had an imperial political system. An emperor
ruled the people. Emperors believed they had been given power by
heaven (the gods). Now China is a republic with a communist
government. These emperors were part of dynasties (a system of
government where power is passed from one member of a family to
the next).
2. My sister, Ma Myint, is the kindest person I know. My mother is nice, too. Ma
Myint always helps me if I need money to buy clothes or something for
school. She doesn’t say nasty things about other people, even if they do
something wrong. She thinks we should forgive them. I really like to spend
time with my sister because she is nice to everyone.
3. Peace-keeping is one of the ways in which the United Nations tries to
maintain peace and security around the world. Member States of the UN
provide troops who are sent to areas of the world where there is trouble.
People are fighting in different places all over the world. Peace-keeping
forces can be set up only when the countries who are fighting agree and
when the Security Council supports the idea.
b. Look at the paragraph you wrote in 1.14.
Are any sentences irrelevant? Do the sentences all relate to the topic?
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