Sentence Building Practice
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1. ecstasy: Experienced the two world wars, separations with all the loved ones, agony and ecstasy, he peacefully said goodbye to this world.
Last year, people were in ecstasy about the stock markets. They suffered huge loss this year.
2. radius This is the only supermarket in the 10-mile radius.
3. footing When the Queen acceded to the thorn, the UK was an empire on which the sun never sets. Now it is declining; its financial footing is shaky.
4. prophecy After the financial crisis, many economist were reflecting why there is so little prophecy about it beforehand?
5 broom In fairy tales, witches usually sit on a broom and fly around.
6 unison This is a very divided country and it is hard to believe that the two parties work in unison on this issue.
7 motorist
Motorists are not only those who ride a motorcycle; people driving any vehicle are considered to be a motorist.
8 banish Talking about banishment was once a taboo in my country.
9 salient I don't have time to read this book cover to cover but I am aware of the salient points in it.
10 bestow The fate is fair: when he bestows you something, he takes other things away from you.
1. ecstasy: Experienced theHaving experienced two world wars, separations withseparation from all thehis loved ones, agony and ecstasy, he peacefully said goodbye to this world.
While 'experience' can be a noun , 'experienced' is always a verb. Being 'separated from', means you had no choice, being 'separated with' means you decided or took action to separate.
Last year, people were in ecstasy aboutover the stock markets.
I don't know why, this is just how you say it.
They suffered a huge loss this year.
2. radius This is the only supermarket in thea 10-mile radius.
If I know which 10 mile radius you're talking about, then you ca use "`the` 10 mile radius". * This is the only supermarket in the 10-mile radius around my house.
3. footing When the Queen accededascended to the thornthrone, the UK was an empire on which the sun never setsset.
This is a simple past tense sentence. Set is irregular in that it doesn't become 'setted', it stays the same: Set→Set
4. prophecy After the financial crisis, many economist were reflecting why there is so littlereeling at the outcome of their ill begotten prophecy about it beforehand?, there to which they expounded upon the strength of the economy.
A 'prophecy' is a foresight in which there is no evidence provided by its claimant.
This is a very divided country and it is hard to believe that the two parties work together in unison on this issue.
So "Unison" means something more like 'at the same time' than it does 'together'. If you mean to imply an absence of cooperation you will need to use a different word. * The two team members worked in unison, each picking up where the other left off.
Motorists are not only those who ride a motorcycle; people driving any powered vehicle are considered to be a motorist.
Talking about banishment was once a taboo in my country.
No change suggested
Nothing incorrect, but you're not really applying the meaning of the word in this sentence. * I was banished from my country, consequent to my sins.
I don't have time to read this book cover to cover but I am aware of theits more salient points in it.
I'm not sure why, but it doesn't sound natural the way it was before this correction.
The fate is fair: when he bestowsIn bestowing you somethingone thing, he takes other things awayexacts from you another.
When you use a literary sounding word like "bestows", you have follow up the rest of your sentence with language of equal caliper. This is really quite hard to do, I'm a native speaker and still I have a hard time doing it without sounding goofy.
Overall feedback
All in all, some very impressive application of these words. I'm curious as to how you became so skilled.
1. ecstasy: ExperiencedHe experienced the two world wars, separations and separated with all thehis loved ones, agony and ecstasy, he. He peacefully said goodbye to this world.
I'm not sure what you meant by this sentence, but I tried to correct it in this way. Agony and ecstacy aren't used properly here.
Last year, people were in ecstasy about the stock markets.
No change suggested
This sentence is grammatically correct, but if people suffered a huge loss in the stock markets, they wouldn't be happy. I suggest using another word to describe their feelings.
They suffered a huge loss this year.
2. radius This is the only supermarket in thea 10-mile radius.
3. footing When the Queen accededascended to the thornthrone, the UK wasU.K. became an empire onin which the sun never sets.
4. prophecy After the financial crisis, many economisteconomists were reflecting on why there iswas so little prophecy about it beforehand?.
"Prophecy" isn't used to describe things like financial crises. It usually describes supernatural events.
Motorists are not only those who ride a motorcycle; people driving any vehicle are considered to be a motorist.
No change suggested
This sentence is grammatically correct, but I want to mention that motorists are people who ride motorcycles. If you drive other vehicles, you are not considered to be a motorist.
Talking about banishment was once a taboo in my country.
The fate is fair:; when he bestows you with something, he takes other things away from you.
Last year, people were in ecstasy_____ about the stock markets.
Ecstasy means happiness. I don't see how they'd be ecstatic in this situation (?)
4. prophecy After the financial crisis, many economisteconomists were reflecting on why there is so little prophecy about it beforehand?
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