Tuesday, 27 February 2018

E11 Compound sent semicolon quiz


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
4.     laptop                        simultaneously = at the same time
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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