Lesson 4-Wisdom of Bear Wood III.Sentence Paraphrase 3 Rising behind the city was the 4,000-foot Mount Vesuvius,a grass-covered slope where the shepherds of Pompeii took their goat to graze.(3) This is also an inverted sentence.The subject is "the 4,000-foot Mount Vesuvius".It is placed at the end of the sentence because it has a long attributive qualifier a grass-covered slope." Note:4,000-foot Vesuvius not 4,000-feet) Similar phrases:five-year plan;three -head monsters;a 6-month contract WBT L E To be continued on the next page BACK
W B T L E Lesson 4 - Wisdom of Bear Wood III. Sentence Paraphrase 3 Rising behind the city was the 4,000-foot Mount Vesuvius, a grass-covered slope where the shepherds of Pompeii took their goat to graze. (3) This is also an inverted sentence. The subject is “ the 4,000- foot Mount Vesuvius” . It is placed at the end of the sentence because it has a long attributive qualifier “ a grass-covered slope.” Note: 4,000-foot Vesuvius ( not 4,000-feet) Similar phrases: five-year plan; three –head monsters; a 6-month contract To be continued on the next page
Lesson 4-Wisdom of Bear Wood III.Sentence Paraphrase 4 .a terrible rain of fire and ash.(4) a large number of things that fall from the sky at the same time,e.g. a rain of bullets;a rain of soot;a rain of petals a rain of arrows. .the fire and ash fell like rain. W B T L E
W B T L E Lesson 4 - Wisdom of Bear Wood III. Sentence Paraphrase 4 .a terrible rain of fire and ash. (4) a large number of things that fall from the sky at the same time, e.g. a rain of bullets; a rain of soot; a rain of petals ; a rain of arrows. .the fire and ash fell like rain