Combining Sentences: Adjective Clauses, Lecture notes of English Language

Download Combining Sentences: Adjective Clauses and more Lecture notes English Language in PDF only on Docsity! 1 English Language Resource Center, C-212 Free tutoring in writing, speaking, reading & grammar for BCC students who speak English as a second language Combining Sentences: Adjective Clauses Directions: In the text-area below each group of sentences, combine the sentences given into one good sentence. Use the second sentence as an adjective clause. When you are finished, you can check the answer key to see one or two ways to write that sentence. Try to write your own sentence before you check the answer key. 1. 1986 was the year. Halley’s Comet appeared then. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Elizabeth remembers the casino. She won $25,000 there (in that casino). ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. Shirley Chisholm ran for president in 1972. She was a Congresswoman from New York. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. Hillary Rodham Clinton was a senator from New York. Her husband used to be the President of the United States. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. A boy won the national spelling contest. He lives in North Carolina. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 6. Tom has had ten cars. Three of them were station wagons. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 7. I know a woman. Her brother is famous. 2 English Language Resource Center, C-212 Free tutoring in writing, speaking, reading & grammar for BCC students who speak English as a second language ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 8. North Carolina has beautiful mountains. I want to visit them some day. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 9. He works at an electronics store. It has many sales. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 10. I have a friend. His house was used to make a movie. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 11. My neighbor coaches our school’s soccer team. He teaches martial arts. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 12. I have chosen the charity. I will donate some money to it. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 13. She is the girl. Everyone always talks about her. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 14. The story was scary. Martin told it. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 15. The girl is popular. She is the president of the student council. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________