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    35

    Lesson 35

    Building sentences & passage grammar

    1. 1 並べ替えのコツ narabekae no kotsu how to solve the word-order (★) question Four pieces, one ★ — solve it with fixed pairs, who-modifies-whom, and connection forms.
    2. 2 文章の中の時制と条件 bunshō no naka no jisei to jōken tense and conditions inside a passage 「帰るとき」or「帰ったとき」? — a clause's tense is set by the main clause, not by 'now'.
    3. 3 視点をそろえる shiten o soroeru keeping one viewpoint Not 「友達がわたしに電話した」 but 「友達が電話してきた」 — tell it through 'my' eyes.
    4. 4 こ・そ・あ と は・が ko, so, a to wa, ga pointing words and は vs が in writing 「その母が」 or 「この母が」? 「店が」 or 「店は」? — in writing they follow their own rules.
    5. 5 接続表現の整理(N1) setsuzoku hyōgen no seiri (N1) connectives by job (N1) しかしながら・その反面・だからといって・それゆえ — the formal road signs of writing and news.
    6. 6 省略・言い換え・文体の統一 shōryaku, iikae, buntai no tōitsu leaving out, rephrasing and keeping one style Drop needless repetition, keep one style, and let the ideas flow in one order.

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    All 6 forms of this lesson together — pick the right one from its look-alikes, the way the exam does. 6/8 completes the lesson.

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