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Multiple Ways of Combining Sentences
Exercise # 6
Write your answers on separate paper.
They were watching the football game, and they forgot to feed the baby.
Use a subordinate conjunction to combine the two sentences to establish the indicated logical connection and focus.
1 Focus on "were watching"; logical connection = time
2 Focus on "forgot"; logical connection = time
3 Focus on "were watching"; logical connection = cause/effect
4 Focus on "forgot"; logical connection = cause/effect
5 Rewrite your response to (1) as a semi-reduced clause.
6. Rewrite your response to (2) as a semi-reduced clause.
7. Rewrite your response to (3) as a semi-reduced clause.
8. Rewrite your response to (4) as a semi-reduced clause.
9. Rewrite your response to (5) as a gerundive.
10 Rewrite your response to (6) as a gerundive.