EF3 Sentence Exercises A-F October 25, 2012

A. 1. When will your sister’s plane arrive?
2. She loves to go skiing during the winter.
3. Don’t fall off the ladder when you are cleaning the rain gutters.
4. Can you help me put the groceries away, please?
5. The Great Wall of China and Tiananmen Square are fascinating places.
B. 11. The entire crowd stood up and cheered when the home team scored.
12. If you’re not too busy, could you help with my resume cover letter?
13. Because Pamela is deaf, she has to be very careful when she crosses the street.
14. I want to finish this small task before I leave the office.
15. Every Sunday morning at eleven o’clock, I play soccer with my friends in Central Park.
C. 16. We’re leaving at eight o’clock.  Will you be ready then?
17. Jim bought some lettuce, onions and tomatoes.
18. Let go out because it’s too hot in here.
19. Although Pablo likes to go dancing, Anita prefers to stay home.
20.  The children are fast asleep upstairs.
D. 26. I made a doctor’s appointment Tuesday for Friday because I need a Hep B shot.
27. Bill and Jenny are taking a vacation to/in Mexico next week.
28. We’re catching the Skytrain downtown at 9:30 tonight.
29. Sara stopped smoking two years ago because she was pregnant.
30. Don rode his bicycle from his home to the Seawall because he wanted to meet a friend in Stanley Park.
Don rode his bicycle to work because he wants to be environmentally friendly/ green.
E. 31. ANY ORDER
33. The weather (in the city) is terrible (during the summer).
F. 36. Barbara bought a beautiful used car.
37. We arrived on time, but our friends didn’t arrive on time.
37. Although we arrived on time, our friends didn’t.
37. We arrived on time. Unfortunately, our friends didn’t.
38. I like to go hiking in the fall/autumn.
39. Let’s pack our bathing suits because we might pass a lake.
39. Let’s pack our bathing suits in case we pass a lake.
40. Bob made a salad with lettuce, tomatoes, and carrots.
40. Bob used lettuce, tomatoes, and carrots to make a salad.
40. Bob made a lettuce, tomato and carrot salad.
G. 41. My friend, Jim, just got married.
43. Tom told a white lie on his job application.
45. Are your brothers coming to the wedding?