Write a
compound sentence with a semicolon for six of these:
Ex. Olympics in
particular
There are many very popular sports in the winter
Olympics; in particular, figure skating pulls in huge numbers of viewers.
COMPOUND SENTENCE
SV , SOBA SV.
SV ; TRANS, SV.
1. quality furthermore
The quality of iphones is very high; furthermore, they are stylish.
The quality of iphones is very high; Furthermore, they are stylish. XXX
The quality of iphones is very high. Furthermore, they are stylish.
CAPS
2. effort consequently
Her daughter put in a lot of effort
Her daughter put in lots of effort on her driving lessons; consequently,
she passed her road test and got her driver’s licence.
Lots of effort was put in by her daughter ... PASSIVE VOICE- AVOID!! WEAK
S V Her daughter put in... STRONG
Joe ate the sandwich. ACTIVE VOICE- subject does the verb STRONG
The sandwich was eaten by Joe. PASSIVE VOICE- subject does nothing WEAK
My car was hit by his car. PASSIVE VOICE- WEAK- avoid responsibility
I was run over by a bus.
Poh poh criticized Jook Liang.
Liang was criticized by Pohpoh. MAKES LIANG SOUND WEAK AND INNOCENT
SUBTLE HIGH-LEVEL STYLE
a lot of = lots of
efforts XXX effort – uncountable
3. study on
the contrary
Sarah’s laptop died; simultaneously, her phone stopped working.
5. Vancouver on the whole
Vancouver has a lot of good and bad points; on the whole, I like living
here.
6. exercise for instance
Melanie does a lot of types of exercise; for instance, yoga and swimming.
XXX
Melanie does a lot of types of exercise; for instance, she does yoga and
swimming.
7. success (n) most importantly
successful (adj) succeed (v)
She is success in her job. XXX
She has success in her job.
8. job for
this reason
9. volunteer likewise
10.
late still
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