英语专题练习连词too_many_ands.doc

Get rid of and. Put in a full-stop or a better connecting word.Tim looked at the door and it was a tiny door and was cut into the trunk of the tree and Tim began to tug the little door open and just as it began to move, he heard a squeak up in the tree and he looked up and there sat a tiny man.“Get off my door,” the little man squeaked and Tim felt upset and he hadnt meant to do any harm. Get rid of and.Mr Twit led Mrs Twit outside and he had everything ready for the great stretching and he had one hundred balloons with lots ofstrings and he had fixed an iron ring into the ground and he told Mrs Twit where to stand and he tied Mrs Twits ankles to the iron ring and when that was done, he began filling the balloons with gas and each balloon was on a long string and when it was filled with gas, the balloon pulled up on its string and Mr Twit tied the ends of the strings to Mrs Twits body. Too many ands. Get rid of some.They walked away from the park and made their way into the town centre and the pavements were busy with shoppers and people going to the football match and the three children made slow progress and they were just passing Barclays bank when the door burst open and a man rushed down the steps and he ran straight into Adam and the two of them fell on to the road and Jane screamed and people began to gather round and the man scrambled to his feet and ran to a car which was parked further down the road and two more men raced out of the bank and Amy saw that one of them had a gun. What happened next?John was playing in the woods with Tom and suddenly they heard a strange noise and it came from a cave and so they crept into the cave to look and they saw a witch and the witch was making a spell and just then John sneezed and the witch heard him and she chased the boys and they ran as fast as they could and Tom fell over and the witch grabbed him