Practice with Style Recommendations 6-10
6. Avoid noun strings.
7. Avoid unclear pronoun reference.
8. Use parallel constructions.
9. Construct your paragraphs according to the basic principles of academic writing.
10. Use transition words and phrases appropriately.

How can these sentences be reduced or made clearer?
1. The human resource development project newspaper deadline is Friday at 4:00.
2. Because Senator Martin is less interested in the environment than in economic development, he sometimes neglects it.
3. The tribes emphasized survival, aid, and being responsible for one another.
1. Coach Thompson was a brilliant strategist, a caring mentor, and friend.
2. Formerly, science was taught by the textbook method, while now the laboratory method is employed.
3. When Jim’s son was a year old, he decided to get married again.
4. John worked in a national forest last summer, which may be his career choice.
5. The soldiers burned a refugee camp as a result of the earlier attack. This was the cause of the war.
6. It was raining hard; on the other hand, I went outside for a long walk because I needed the exercise.
7. American women have been dyeing their hair for years. American men, nevertheless, only recently started coloring theirs.

Task 1.

1. action

2. horror

3. adventure

4. fantasy

5. drama

Task 2.

1. information

2. education

3. entertainment

4. creation

5. invention

Task 3.

1. How often do you go to the cinema?

2. I don't like horror movies: they're very violent.

3. I've already seen this comedy twice.

4. Some people, especially young people, consider that cinema should be a place where you can spend time after working hours.

5. Most of all, I enjoy watching adventures, fantastic, historical and romaтtic films.

Task 4.

I think my favourite film is Amelie. It is a wonderful romantic comedy about a young woman's fantasy world. The heroine is a painfully shy waitress who decides to set out on a mission to make others happy. Amelie also celebrates life's small pleasures, like breaking the hard crust of creme brulee with a spoon, she enjoys plunging her hand in a bag of grains when she visits the greengrocer etc. Amelie offers a poetic and not boring vision of everyday life. The atmosphere in the film fascinated me at first side. Also, I love background music composed by Yann Tiersen.  I can watch it again and again.

Я думаю, что мой любимый фильм - Амели. Это замечательная романтическая комедия о фантастическом мире молодой женщины. Героиня очень стеснительная официантка, которая решает отправиться на миссию, сделать других людей счастливыми. Амели также празднует маленькие радости жизни, например, ломая твердую корочку крем-брюле ложкой, ей нравится погружать свою руку в мешок с зернами, когда она заходит в овощной магазин и т.д. Амели предлагает поэтическое и не скучное видение повседневной жизни. Атмосфера в фильме очаровала меня с первой взгляда. Также я люблю фоновую музыку, написанную Яном Тирсеном. Я могу смотреть этот фильм снова и снова.

My name is Sergey. I’m twelve years old. I’m in the sixth grade. I have a lot of friends but I want to tell about my best friend. His name is Alexander. He’s my school-mate. Sasha is cheerful, inquisitive and kind. He is very responsive. He will help me in hour of need. I always can rely on him. Sasha goes to sports school. He is very tall that’s why he goes in for basketball. On weekends we play football or cycle. Sometimes we go fishing and fish crucians. Also he is fond of playing computer games and watching horror films. His favourite films are “Saw” and “Scream”. We often go to the cinema. Sasha is true friend. My father says that I’m lucky because I have so reliable and true friend. I value our friendship.