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Without changing the meaning, make a compound or complex sentence using a conjunction of your own or a given one. My foot was injured. I managed to walk home (compound sentence) --------------------------------------------------- I enjoyed the film. The story was silly. (in spite of) --------------------------------------------------- We live in the same street. We hardly ever see each other. (despite) --------------------------------------------------- Maria was feeling sick. She didn’t go to the supermarket. (because of) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peter earns very little money. He spends money like a millionaire. (yet) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My foot was injured. I managed to walk home. (complex sentence) --------------------------------------------------- Mary doesn’t like Jazz music. Her cousin John doesn’t like it, either. (use correlative conjunction) --------------------------------------------------- My nephew Gatera lived in Paris five years ago. My cousin lived there at the same period, too (use correlative conjunction). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mary is a clever girl. She is also generous. (not only------- but also) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don’t feel well. I must attend this course. I don’t want to fail it again. (compound- complex sentence) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have a big test tomorrow. I can’t go out now. (compound sentence) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------​
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II. Identify these sentences as simple, compound, complex, and compound complex. Write S (simple), C (Compound) or CX (complex) in front of the sentence. My friend has congratulated me for my success in the national examination last year. --- Although I don’t feel well, I have to revise my notes seriously because I don’t want to fail this exam. ----- Mary is revising notes regularly, for she doesn’t want any panic during examination period. ---- John doesn’t enjoy music, nor does he like movies. ----- You are invited in live concert this weekend unless you don’t like it ------ Since this child is curious in drawing, he can be oriented in architecture, or he can study engineering. ------- The woman who taught Histology was fired for stealing school supplies, and she was invited to the school disciplinary committee. ------ The plane and the helicopter flew over the laboratory and turned north. ------ The dog barked, the cat yowled, and the rabbit chewed. ------ It is important to vote when the time comes, or you won't get a say in new laws. ------- Children ran and played tennis together. -------------​
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III. Choose the correct answer to fill in the passages Mrs Smith is a 42-year-old woman with long-standing asthma who works in a textile factory. She (has smoked/ had smoked/ smokes/ is going to smoke)1 five to ten cigarettes per day and (is doing/ has done/ does/ did)2 so since the age of 15 years. Over the past 5 years, her asthma (worsened/ has worsened/ is worsening/ had been worsening, has been worsening)3. She is currently taking inhaled steroids in addition to regular bronchodilators. She is a single parent with a 12-year-old son. Answers: 1. ............................. 2 ............................. 3.................................... If I (am/ were/ have been/ was)1 a doctor now, I would rescue the passengers immediately. Unfortunately I am not. So, I will have to work hard until I (became/ will become/ become/ am becoming)2 one. Answers: 1......................................... 2........................................ Simple present or Simple Past? choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences Everything is going well. We ---- any problems right now a) didn’t have b) don’t have Linda has lost her passport again. It’s the second time this---- a) has happened b) happens c) happened We are good friends. Our friendship -------------- in the first year of our secondary school a) start b) started Where is your key? I don’t know. Maybe ----- a moment ago a) lose b) lost Since its start until recently, Google ……………. the most popular search engines. a) is b) was​
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exercise: simple present of present continuous. The first one is given as an example ------------------- you (come) tonight? (are you coming) ------------------ (he/ eat) rice every day? I ---------------- ( work) at the moment. --------------------- (John / come) to London often? Peter ---------------- (play) tennis now. ------------------ (you/ come) to the cinema later? ------------------ (you/see) how he looks at me, as if he knew what I was saying?  Every Monday, Sarah -------------------- (drive) her kids to the skiing game. Shhhhhh!! Be quiet. The baby ----------------- ( sleep). I ----------------- ( usually work) as a secretary at this office, but this summer, I ----------- ( study) English at a language club in Paris. Justin ----------- ( currently write) a book about his adventure in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished. This delicious chocolate ------------ (be) made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland. My students ---------------------- ( read/ sometimes) poems in the lessons. Listen! The band -------------- ( test) the new guitar. Look!! Mary and Susan ---------------- ( present) the new project on TV.​
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