Wednesday, 17 December 2014

EF2/3 Simple Ways to Combine Sentences exercises

1. The girl won the race and is happy. SIMPLE
The girl won the race, so she is happy. COMPOUND
The girl who won the race is happy. ADJ CL
The girl is happy because she won the race. ADV CL
The happy girl knows that she won the race. N CL
2. The Chinese student sits next to me. SIMPLE
The student is from China; also, she sits next to me. COMPOUND
The student who is from China sits next to me. ADJ CL
I know that the student who sits next to me is from China. N CL, ADJ CL
I know the student is from China because she sits next to me. N CL, ADV CL
The student who sits next to me is from China. ADJ CL

3. The friendly taxi driver took me to the airport. SIMPLE
The taxi driver who took me to the airport was friendly. ADJ CL
The friendly taxi driver who took me to the airport was old.
The taxi driver was friendly, and he took me to the airport.
The taxi driver was friendly; also, he took me to the airport. COMPOUND
The taxi driver took me to the airport because he was friendly.
The taxi driver was friendly when he took me to the airport. ADV CL

4. I am running late and have to skip breakfast. SIMPLE
I am running late, so I have to skip breakfast. COMPOUND
I am running late; therefore, I have to skip breakfast. COMPOUND
I have to skip breakfast because I am running late. ADV CL
I who am running late have to skip breakfast.
She who is running late has to skip breakfast.
***no adjective clauses after pronouns***
My sister who is running late has to skip breakfast. ADJ CL
I think that I have to skip breakfast since I am running late. N CL, ADV CL

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