在雅思作文中，Grammatical range and accuracy作為四大評分標準之一，在大家的屠鴨道路上占有者舉足輕重的地位。對于語法這一項來說，大家往往認為長長的從句是體現(xiàn)自己語法功底的機會，但殊不知，一些靈活短小的句型更能吸引考官的注意力。那如何才能實現(xiàn)長短結合，短小精悍還能體現(xiàn)不同的語法結構呢？就讓我們來學幾個把普通的從句變化成更能體現(xiàn)語法能力的心機句型。

首先讓我們看一下《九分達人3》中高分范文在語法上給我們的提示：

Many people hold the opinion that health care should be free. They argue that, if health care is free, people will not have to worry about the expensive health care expense. This is particularly important for economically disadvantaged people. With free health care, they can go to hospital whenever they find there is anything wrong with their health without worrying about money.

這是節(jié)選自政府類章節(jié)中一篇范文的語段，讀起來是不是朗朗上口，不是從句套從句，沒有審美疲勞。那大家發(fā)現(xiàn)什么替換方面的小技巧了嗎？下面我們來一一揭秘。

去掉there be句型

There be 句型很容易使用，但也很容易被濫用。在考場作文中我們可以見到大量there be 引導的句子，但它們絕大多數(shù)可以精簡。比如第一句，很多同學可能就會寫：There are many people who hold the opinion that ...但是這個句型就可以精簡為Many people hold the opinion that...

此外很多同學喜歡在小作文的第一段用there be句型來描述圖畫中的內(nèi)容，例如：There is a line graph which illustrates the changes of temperature in China.我們可以將句子改為：The picture depicts changes of temperature in China.

there be 句型一般表示“某地有某物”，在修改時，可以使用一個恰當?shù)膭釉~進行替換（比如上面句子中的 abound ）。再比如：There were more foreign students in the classroom than the natives.可以改寫為：Foreign students outnumbered the natives in the classroom.

除了去掉 there be 結構之外，這里還使用 outnumber 來代替 more...than... 這一個比較結構。類似的詞還有 outlive, outshine, outclass, outgrow, outperform 等。

替換if從句

If從句意為“如果……那么……”，這一句型在雅思寫作中有大量應用。比如范文中的if health care is free, people will not have to worry about the expensive health care expense. 但是如果頻繁使用，效果就沒有那么好了，那么就采用一些技巧將if從句進行變換，比如with 結構：With free health care, they can go to hospital whenever they find there is anything wrong with their health. 其實在很多同學腦子里的第一反應應該是if health care is free, they can go to hospital whenever ...

再舉個例子：If we fail to solve environmental problems, future generations will suffer.可以將if we fail to do something替換為名詞表達failure to do something，同時對相應的動詞進行詞性變換，這樣可以讓句子結構更加緊湊，表達效果更好：Failure to solve environmental problems will cause/result in the suffering of future generations.

再舉個例子：If the government intervenes, house prices will decrease.可以將If the government intervenes改為名詞形式government intervention，句子可以改為：Government intervention will push down house prices.

以上就是范文中提示我們在句型變換的兩個小方法。此外，在雅思作文中although/even though從句也是一個同學們非常非常喜歡的表達方式。 但是受中文表達習慣影響，很多人容易將although/even though與but連用，避免出現(xiàn)這一問題的方法是對它們進行替換，這樣在句式上也會更加多樣。

舉個例子：Although the city has many problems, it is still the best place for the young and ambitious.我們可以用despite/in spite of+名詞表達的形式來代替although從句：In spite of / despite its many problems, the city is still the best place for the young and ambitious.

又比如：Although he did not receive formal education, he is a good actor and director.我們可以將它改為：He is a good actor and director in spite of his lack of formal education.

最后除了 there be 句型之外，定語從句在考場作文中的使用頻率也非常高。我們可以使用非謂語形式來對一些定語從句進行替換。舉個例子：Because of traffic congestion, commuters have to spend long hours on the road, which leads to lost productivity.可以將which leads to…這部分替換為現(xiàn)在分詞形式leading to… 即：Because of traffic congestion, commuters have to spend long hours on the road, leading to lost productivity.在寫作時可以嘗試著將不必要的關系代詞刪除，或者將其轉換為分詞結構或名詞詞組，這樣會更加簡潔有力。

靈活運用語法，盡量用小結構取代長難句就是我們語法方面更上一層樓的宗旨啦，大家快點通過多多總結這些替換的方法，運用到自己的作文中來吧！