A Year in the Life of an ESL Student ch1 ex 5 website | amazon
2. She asked him to be quiet because he had been running off at the mouth.
Because he had been running off at the mouth, she asked him to be quiet.
3.The boy was pinned up against the window because there were six children in the backseat of the car.
4. My father told me to settle down when I made too much noise during his favorite TV program.
When I made too much noise during my father's favorite TV program, he told me to settle down.
5. We arrived at the airport safe and sound even though the plane had engine trouble.
6. The young girl burst into tears when she saw her brother break her toy into many pieces.
7. He could not get over the fact that his sister had won a gold medal at the Olympics.
8. The teacher was appalled to hear the students using (the) foul language in the classroom.
homophone foul / fowl
Skills for Effective Writing 3, ch 1
1. A simple sentence has at least one subject and at least one verb that has only one
independent clause.
2. A compound sentence has at least two subjects and at least two verbs. It has
at least two independent clauses that are related to each other.
3. A complex sentence has at least two subjects and two verbs. It has a dependent
clause that is connected to an independent clause.
