E10/EF7 sentence combining quiz possible solutions

SENTENCE COMBINING-

3 sentence types

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX

Quiz

1.The pool opens during the winter

It opens at 6 p.m.

It opens each evening.

The pool is public.

The pool is for swimming.

Gino goes regularly.

The pool opens during the winter, and it opens at 6 p.m. AVOID UNECESSARY REPETITION

The public swimming pool opens at 6 p.m each evening during the winter, so Gino goes regularly.

Gino goes regularly to the public swimming pool which opens at 6 p.m each evening during the winter.

Gino goes regularly to the public swimming pool even though it opens at 6 p.m each evening during the winter. STRANGE MEANING, LOGIC?

It opens.

It opens.

The pool is.

The pool is for.

2.He offers to take Mario who is his five years old brother  

noun modifies a noun no 's'

 a grocery store, NOT a groceries store

He offers to take Mario who is his five-year-old brother 

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He offers to take his brother Mario who is five-year-old five years old

He offers to take his brother Mario who is five

This is a two hours two-hour class. NOUN DESCRIBING A NOUN

I am a 150-cm tall guy.

I bought a new two-hundred-dollar phone.

3. The freezing rain is falling outside, but inside the 22-degree water is warm.

Outside, freezing rain is falling, but inside the water is 22 degrees and warm.

Outside, freezing rain is falling; however, inside the water is 22 degrees and warm.

4. Gino is late, so he must hurry or he won't have time for a relaxing sauna.

COMBINE MORE FULLY

He offers to take his brother Mario who is five years old.

APPOSITIVE

My sister, Kathy, is a nurse.

My sister whose name is Kathy is a nurse.

His dog, a poodle, is very smart.

His dog which is a poodle is very smart.

My school, South Hill, is on Fraser.

Hong Kong, which is my birthplace, is a big city.

My birthplace, Hong Kong, is very nice.

Hong Kong, which is a big city, is close to Macau.

ADJECTIVE CLAUSES ,,

Hong Kong, which is my hometown, is a big city.

All people who are born in Canada have Canadian citizenship. T

ESSENTIAL CLAUSE/ RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE

All people, who are born in Canada, have Canadian citizenship. F

NON-ESSENTIAL CLAUSE/ NON-RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE

My sister who is a nurse plays volleyball. 2 sisters

My sister, who is a nurse, plays volleyball. 1 sister

I want to buy a guitar that has seven strings. ESSENTIAL

I want to buy a piano, that has black and white keys.

I want to buy a phone that has a seven-inch screen.

I want to buy a Galaxy 6S, that has a four-inch screen.

My mother, who is retired, likes to go birdwatching.

a surrogate mother

Let's go to the restaurant which is on Fraser and 35th. ESSENTIAL

Let's go to your mother's house, which is on Fraser and 35th. NON-ESSENTIAL

I have lived in Vancouver, Canada, Nagano, Japan, and Seoul, South Korea.