英语写作8种句型

1. How to express individual opinions: （表达个人想法的句型）

1) I think…

2) I believe…

3) I‟m sure…

4) As I see it…

5) As far as I am concerned..

6) In my opinion…

7) For my part…

8) In my view

9) To my mind…

10) From my own experience I would like to say…

11) From my point of view…

For example, there is such an article entitled “Ability and Good looks”… You may say like this: In my opinion, ability is definitely much more important than good looks, because it demonstrates one‟s own self-cultivation and shows something of one‟s own self.

2. How to express the assumption: （表达假设的句型）

1) without…

2) in the absence of…

3) if there were no…

4) were there no…

5) for lake of…

For example, a). Without sunshine, nothing could grow on earth. b) If there were no air, the sky would become black. c) Were there no electricity, no one could expect to do any reading or writing. d) For lake of water, plants would not grow well.

e) But for the Party, we could never have today‟s happiness. f) But for Mr. Zhang‟s advice, I would not do this work.

3.The structure of positive one side and negative the other（表达肯定一方否定一方的句型）

1) more…than., less…than, not so much…as

For example:

a) The present crisis in capitalist countries is much more a political than an economic crisis.

b) The great use of a school education is not so much to teach you things as to teach you the art of learning.

c) She is more mother than wife.

d) He was less hurt than frightened.

e) I regard him less as my teacher than as my friend.

f) It wasn‟t so much his appearance I liked as his personality.

g) The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.

2) would rather …than, would sooner…than, would as soon as

For example:

a) I would rather die than surrender.

b) She would rather have the small one than the large one.

c) Rather than a punishment or a burden, work is the opportunity to realize one‟s potential.

d) I‟d sooner walk than drive.

e) I would just as soon stay at home as go for a walk.

f) The brave soldier would sooner die a martyr than drag out an ignoble existence.

3) sentence patterns with “before, or”

For example:

a) He would choose death before disgrace.

b) Give me liberty or give me death.

4.To express suggestions: （表达建议的句型）

1) It is +adj.(important/urgent/advisable/desirable, etc.) +that…

For example:

a) It is urgent that we take effective measures to reduce traffic accidents and make sure of the security of the roads.

b) It‟s more advisable that we stress the importance of birth control and call on the whole nation to take more effective action.

The following sentence patterns are to express advice, suggestions in a indirect and polite way.

2) It would be a good idea that… 3) It would be better if… 4)You‟d better…5)You may as well… For example:

c) In my opinion, it would be a good idea that we spare no effort to protect our forest resources and to plant more trees for a better environment, and for our offsprings.

d)You might as well speak your mind.

5.How to express the sequence: (表达顺序的句型)

1) First, secondly, thirdly

For example: Firstly, there are a lot of violent programs. Secondly, the advertising is very bad for them. Thirdly, sitting in front of the television set all day is bad for their eyes. Finally, watching television is not creative.

Of course there are other ways to express the same idea.

2)in the first place, 3)in the second place 4)then 5)after 6) before 7)next 8) last For example: In the first place, the plan calls for less funds and in the second place it will not cause environment pollution.

6.To express the end（表达结束的句型）

1) It is (high/about) time that somebody did something

2) I‟d rather you did something/didn‟t do something

For example: a) It is time we considered what to do next. b) I‟d rather you stopped smoking for the sake of your own health and also the health of people around you.

7.To express the conflicts （表达两种相互对立的观点的句型）

On (the) one hand…on the other (hand)

For example: On the one hand I should like to give the child a great deal of freedom but on the other hand I don‟t want him totally out of my control. (对立)

For one thing…for another (并列意义)

We lost the game because, for one thing, our opponents were quite strong and, for another, our teamwork was poor. (并列)

8. 表达“至于”“关于”的句型

1) (as) for, as to

2) as regards, with/in regard to/regarding

3) in respect of /to, with respect to

4) as far as …be concerned, so far as…be concerned (with an expression of unfavorable feeling or opinion)

5) concerning

For example: a) As for me, I was a little puzzled.

b) As to (doing) that, I haven‟t decided yet.

c) She is always secretive as regards her boy friend.

d) I have nothing more to say with/in regard to his suggestions.

e) I „m at a loss regarding his behaviour to me.

f) He had plenty to say in respect of/to his absence from the meeting.

g) His work is good in respect of/to quality but bad in respect of/to quantity.

h) As far as the color is concerned, I prefer this suit.

i) Concerning your letter, I am pleased to inform you that your plans are quite acceptable to us.