Swimming Pool
1. The
public swimming pool opens at 6 PM each evening during the winter; Gino goes
regularly.
Gino goes regularly to the public swimming pool which opens at 6 PM
each evening during the winter.
2. He
offers to take his brother, Mario, who is five years old, but Mario is afraid
of water and never wants to go.
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his five-year-old brother
a nine-week course
a six-foot-tall man
He offers to take his five-year-old
brother, Mario; however, Mario never wants to go because he is afraid of water.
3. Freezing
rain is falling outside, but inside the water is a warm 22 degrees.
Outside, the freezing rain is falling, but
the water inside is a warm 22 degrees.
4. Gino
is late, so he must hurry or he won’t have time for a relaxing sauna.
Gino is late; therefore, he must hurry, or
he won’t have time for a relaxing sauna.
The Subway
1. The
train pulled out of the grimy station that was covered with graffiti.
The train pulled out of the grimy graffiti-covered station.
2. The
train entered the darkness of the tunnel; it screamed and hissed as it headed downtown.
The train, which was heading downtown, screamed and hissed as it entered
the darkness of the tunnel.
Entering the darkness of the tunnel, the train hissed and screamed as it
headed downtown.
3. 4.The
third car held five people: an old woman, the woman’s granddaughter, a
middle-aged man, and two young men.
5. Although
the people were strangers, they were suddenly thrown into an intimate
situation.
The people, who were strangers, were thrown suddenly into an intimate
situation.
11.
The man, who was obviously uncomfortable, was crossing
and uncrossing his legs to the jerking movement of the car.
The man was crossing and uncrossing his legs; he was obviously uncomfortable
with the jerking movement of the car.
The
man was obviously uncomfortable; he crossed and uncrossed his legs to the
jerking movement of the car.
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