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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Far behind / behind far
Can I say,
(a) Long ago, a rabbit and a tortoise were best / close friends. The rabbit and his friends invited the tortoise to race. It was very happy and promised the rabbit to race. At first / First / Firstly, the rabbit was fast and the tortoise was far behind / far (behind) .
(b) It was a bright and sunny Sunday morning. The rabbit invited the tortoise to race.
When the race began, the rabbit ran fast but the tortoise was slow. / the tortoise crawled slowly (far) behind. After awhile, the rabbit took a rest under a shady tree and felt asleep (soon).
(a) Long ago, a rabbit and a tortoise were best / close friends. The rabbit and his friends invited the tortoise to race. It was very happy and promised the rabbit to race. At first / First / Firstly, the rabbit was fast and the tortoise was far behind / far (behind) .
(b) It was a bright and sunny Sunday morning. The rabbit invited the tortoise to race.
When the race began, the rabbit ran fast but the tortoise was slow. / the tortoise crawled slowly (far) behind. After awhile, the rabbit took a rest under a shady tree and felt asleep (soon).
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(c) Last Sunday, there was a race between a rabbit and a tortoise in the jungle. Many friends were invited to the race. Then, the race began .
- (c) Last Sunday, there was a race between a rabbit and a tortoise in the jungle.
- Many friends were invited to the race.
- Then, the race began .
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(c) Last Sunday, there was a race between a rabbit and a tortoise in the jungle. Many friends were invited to the race. Then, the race began.
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Vincent Teo(c) Last Sunday, there was a race between a rabbit and a tortoise in the jungle. Many friends were invited to the race. Then, the race began.
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Vincent Teobest / close friends.
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Vincent Teopromised the rabbit to race.OK
Vincent TeoAt firstThis is better.
Vincent Teowas far behindthis one
Vincent Teotortoise was slow.slower
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Can I say,
When the rabbit woke up, he was shock. He saw the tortoise already reaching the finishing line / saw the tortoise was at the finishing line. He ran faster to chase the tortoise but he failed and was late. So the tortoise had won / won (the race).
When the rabbit woke up, he was shock. He saw the tortoise already reaching the finishing line / saw the tortoise was at the finishing line. He ran faster to chase the tortoise but he failed and was late. So the tortoise had won / won (the race).
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When the rabbit woke up, he was shocked.
He saw the tortoise already reaching the finishing line / saw the tortoise was at the finishing line.>> Either are OK
He ran faster to catch up with the tortoise but he failed and was too late. So the tortoise had won / won (the race).
He saw the tortoise already reaching the finishing line / saw the tortoise was at the finishing line.>> Either are OK
He ran faster to catch up with the tortoise but he failed and was too late. So the tortoise had won / won (the race).
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