A background/preface to give you background information
In the sentence:
Isabel Burnell wanted to impress her classmates with
the new doll's house.
It is a passive type of a sentence, meaning the
subject is indirect, with comma, or uses ‘by’ or im this case ‘with’.
Here, the
verb used is past while in active sentence, the verb used is in present tense
and is direct in giving out information. If the sentence is changed into active
form of the sentence, it could be:
<span>Isabel Burnell’s new doll's house impressed her
classmates.</span>
Answer:
It is a complex sentence.
Explanation:
There are four basic types of sentences: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex.
A complex sentence has one independent clause joined to a dependent clause by a subordinating conjunction.
An independent clause has a subject and a predicate, and can stand alone as a sentence, as it makes complete sense. A dependent clause cannot stand alone.
In this case, "Kenneth sat down on the rickety old chair" is an example of an independent clause. "as it abruptly collapsed beneath him" is a dependent clause.
Answer and Explanation:
The following is an idea/example on how to write about this topic:
Write about what is your idea of a happy school where learning is an engaging and joyful activity.
I imagine such a school to give autonomy to students. They are taught from an early age to manage their own choices and the time they will dedicate to studying. For instance, students could choose which subjects to study that semester. Teachers would then present them with ideas on how to get started, on which topics there are to be seen at the level for that subject, etc. Students and teachers would then agree on how much time would be applied to each topic. Students would study with the help of peers as well as of teachers. However, teachers would be more like guides than authority figures.
