English Skills with Readings 9th Edition by John Langan, Zoe Albright

Exercise 17

Using coordination, subordination, or both, combine each of the following groups of simple sentences into two longer sentences. Omit repeated words. Various com­binations are possible, so for each group, try to find the combination that flows most smoothly and clearly.

1. • Wendy pretended not to overhear her coworkers.

•She couldn't stop listening.

•She felt deeply embarrassed.

•They were criticizing her work.

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2. • Tony got home from the shopping mall.

•He discovered that his rented tuxedo did not fit.

•The jacket sleeves covered his hands.

•The pants cuffs hung over his shoes.

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3. • The boys waited for the bus.

•The wind shook the flimsy shelter.

•They shivered with cold.

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4. They were wearing thin jackets.• The engine almost started.

•Then it died.

•I realized no help would come.

•I was on a lonely road.

•It was very late.

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5. • Gary was leaving the store.

•The shoplifting alarm went off.

•He had not stolen anything.

•The clerk had forgotten to remove the magnetic tag.

•The tag was on a shirt Gary had bought.

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on Varying Your Sentences (133–134)

Note: Wording may vary slightly.

1.?Wendy pretended not to overhear her coworkers, but she couldn’t stop listening. She felt deeply embarrassed because they were criticizing her work.