EXERCISE S7–1 Sentence variety
EXERCISE S7-1Sentence variety
Improve sentence variety in each of the following sentences by using the technique suggested in brackets. Type your answers in the boxes below.
Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)
The exhibits for insects and spiders are across the hall from the fossils exhibit. [Invert the sentence.]
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Suggested revision: Across the hall from the fossils exhibit are the exhibits for insects and spiders.
EXERCISE S7-1 Sentence variety - Improve sentence variety in each of the following sentences by using the technique suggested in brackets. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - The exhibits for insects and spiders are across the hall from the fossils exhibit. [Invert the sentence.]
Sayuri becomes a successful geisha after growing up desperately poor in Japan. [Move the adverb phrase to the beginning of the sentence.]
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Suggested revision: After growing up desperately poor in Japan, Sayuri becomes a successful geisha.
EXERCISE S7-1 Sentence variety - Improve sentence variety in each of the following sentences by using the technique suggested in brackets. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Sayuri becomes a successful geisha after growing up desperately poor in Japan. [Move the adverb phrase to the beginning of the sentence.]
Researchers have been studying Mount St. Helens for years. They believe that a series of earthquakes in the area may have caused the 1980 eruption. [Combine the sentences into a complex sentence. See also 49a.]
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Suggested revision: Researchers who have been studying Mount St. Helens for years believe that a series of earthquakes in the area may have caused the 1980 eruption.
EXERCISE S7-1 Sentence variety - Improve sentence variety in each of the following sentences by using the technique suggested in brackets. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Researchers have been studying Mount St. Helens for years. They believe that a series of earthquakes in the area may have caused the 1980 eruption. [Combine the sentences into a complex sentence. See also 49a.]
Ice cream typically contains 10 percent milk fat. Premium ice cream may contain up to 16 percent milk fat and has considerably less air in the product. [Combine the two sentences as a compound sentence.]
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Suggested revision: Ice cream typically contains 10 percent milk fat, but premium ice cream may contain up to 16 percent milk fat and has considerably less air in the product.
EXERCISE S7-1 Sentence variety - Improve sentence variety in each of the following sentences by using the technique suggested in brackets. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Ice cream typically contains 10 percent milk fat. Premium ice cream may contain up to 16 percent milk fat and has considerably less air in the product. [Combine the two sentences as a compound sentence.]
The economy may recover more quickly than expected if home values climb. [Move the adverb clause to the beginning of the sentence.]
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Suggested revision: If home values climb, the economy may recover more quickly than expected.
EXERCISE S7-1 Sentence variety - Improve sentence variety in each of the following sentences by using the technique suggested in brackets. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - The economy may recover more quickly than expected if home values climb. [Move the adverb clause to the beginning of the sentence.]