Expanding Sentences With Adverb Clauses
This sentence-expanding exercise will give you practice in applying the principles and guidelines in these two articles:
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Instructions:
(a) Some of the word groups below are complete sentences.
Expand each one by adding information in an adverb clause that answers the question in parentheses.
(b) The other word groups below are adverb clauses. Attach each adverb clause to a main clause that answers the question in parentheses.
Of course, there's no single set of correct answers to this exercise. Rely on your imagination to create original sentences, and then compare your new sentences with those of your classmates.
- An Introduction to Building and Combining Sentences with Adverb Clauses
- Practice in Arranging and Punctuating Adverb Clauses
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Instructions:
(a) Some of the word groups below are complete sentences.
Expand each one by adding information in an adverb clause that answers the question in parentheses.
Example
Gus installed a burglar alarm. (When or why did Gus install the alarm?)
Gus installed a burglar alarm after his house had been broken into while he was on vacation.
(b) The other word groups below are adverb clauses. Attach each adverb clause to a main clause that answers the question in parentheses.
Example
before he roasted the turkey (What did Charles do or forget to do before he roasted the turkey?)
Charles forgot to remove the giblets before he roasted the turkey.
Of course, there's no single set of correct answers to this exercise. Rely on your imagination to create original sentences, and then compare your new sentences with those of your classmates.
- We were having a good time at the party.
(You were having a good time until what happened?) - whenever you begin to feel sorry for yourself
(What should we do whenever this happens?) - It is unwise to strike a match.
(When is it unwise to strike a match?)
- because our TV set has been broken for the past week
(How has your family coped with this misfortune?) - although tarantulas pose no threat to human beings
(How do many people respond to these large hairy spiders?) - Classes were canceled today.
(Why were classes canceled?) - The baby cried loudly.
(What was going on while the baby cried?) - when I received my new iPod
(What did you do when you received your new media player?) - if the power goes out while you're alone in the house
(What should we do when the electricity goes out?) - I threw out the chicken.
(Why did you throw out the chicken?)
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