Learner repairs a paragraph in which every sentence is correct and the order is wrong, with nothing marking which sentence is at fault.
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Six correct sentences. No word changes.
Six sentences. Every one is correct and not a word will change. Order them so the subject holds and every opening is established.
The chapter assembled, and why the repairs are moves.
1. Is the paragraph's subject constant?
2. Does each sentence open with something established?
3. Does each sentence end with its new information?
4. Is the heavy part at the right end?
Subject first, because it constrains everything else.
Four benches, one panel, four orientations.
Nothing is being repaired. Things are being turned round.
Four chains, unlabelled. Answer before repairing.
1. The scheme was introduced in 2019. Congestion in the outer boroughs is measured twice a year.
Does sentence 2 open with something established?
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2. That the scheme paid for itself within four years surprised its critics.
How many words before the main verb?
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3. Congestion fell after the ban. The paragraph is about the size of the fall.
What is at the end of this sentence?
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4. The charge was introduced in 2003. The mayor extended it in 2007. It has since been copied widely.
What is the subject of sentence 2?
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One paragraph, reported back as choices rather than errors.
Choose one:
Should governments subsidise public transport? Should university tuition be free?
Write five sentences arguing one side.
Name the thing your paragraph is about before you start writing it.
A noun phrase.
Five sentences.
Name the question you never ask.