Topic: Secondary

Here is the outline sequence of events (don’t forget that you can add more):

Try to make the following expressions less direct. Compose alternative sentences for each one.

1. Shut the window.
2. Tell me your name.
3. Stop talking.

What changes did you make to render the expressions less direct? 

Now, make the following expressions more direct. Compose an alternative sentence for each example.

Beckett’s early work was written in English over the period from 1929 to 1938. It seems restless, nomadic. →

AnswerWritten in English over the period from 1929 to 1938, Beckett’s early work seems restless, nomadic.

The electromagnetic bell was patented in 1878 by Thomas Watson. It is rugged, reliable and loud enough to be heard from some appreciable distance. →

His report, published yesterday, demands fundamental changes in the way safety is regulated in the North Sea. →

AnswerHis report was published yesterday. It demands fundamental changes in the way safety is regulated in the North Sea.

Invented in the late sixties, the melotron used a complicated system of loop tape recordings to achieve an effect similar to sampling. →

I arrived just before lunch. I looked for Harry Frampton in the dining room. →

AnswerArriving just before lunch, I looked for Harry Frampton in the dining room.

The ZR-1 looked little different from the normal Corvette. It performed like a Ferrari or a Lamborghini. →

Returning to the area after the War, Pissaro largely retained the same fiction about Louveciennes. →

AnswerPissaro returned to the area after the War. He largely retained the same fiction about Louveciennes.

Having fallen completely from view since May, he finds another window suddenly beckoning. →