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Use suitable conjunctions to
join the following sentences into one or two longer sentences.
You may make changes where necessary but do NOT change the
meaning of the sentences. |
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I have not read "War
and Peace". I have not seen the film based on it.
I have
neither read "War and Peace"
nor seen the film based on
it. |
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He saw the boy
running across the road. He tried to stop the car. |
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I have not seen your
kitten. I heard a kitten crying in my backyard. |
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You must water those
plants. They will wither. They will die. |
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He stepped out of his
house. He went in again. He saw dark clouds gathering in the
sky. |
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Robert can carve
well. His brother can also carve well. |
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He likes to watch
people swimming. He has never tried to swim before. He is afraid
of water. |
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He is a wealthy man.
he ahs very simple tastes. He is generous o the needy too. |
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Linda can run fast. I
can run fast too. I did not win a prize. |
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The cost of making a
cement badminton court here can run up to two thousand dollars.
It can also run up to three thousand dollars. |
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He finished reading
the letter. He felt very angry. He burnt the letter. |
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He forgot the place.
He had left his watch there. He dared not go home. his parents
would scold him. |
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It was very dark. Tom
did not switch on the light. The switch was broken. |
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The bridge was
damaged by flood water. The bridge has been repaired. Traffic
can now use the bridge. |
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Mr Jackson was very
happy. He had won first prize in the lottery. He hadn't received
his money yet. He gave his friends a big dinner. |
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The fire had died
down. They tried to salvage whatever they could of the remaining
furniture. |
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The children begged
us to follow them. They wanted to show us something. We refused
to go with them. We were too busy. |
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I woke up. The clock
had just struck twelve. The wind was howling. The rain was
beating against the window pane. |
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The woman is very
old. she is strong. She talks to herself. she ahs no one to talk
to. |
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Answers |
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He tried to stop the
car when he saw the boy running across the road. |
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I have not seen your
kitten although/but I heard a kitten crying in my backyard. |
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You must water those
plants or else they will wither
and die. |
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He stepped out of the
house but went in again
when he saw dark clouds gathering
in the
sky. |
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Robert
as well as his
brother can carve well. |
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He likes to watch
people swimming but he has never tried to swim before
as he is
afraid of water. |
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Although he is a
wealthy man, he has very simple tastes and is generous to the
needy too. |
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I can run
as fast
as
Linda; yet I did not win a prize. |
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The cost of making a
cement badminton court here can run up to two
or three thousand
dollars. |
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After he finished
reading the letter, he burnt it as he felt very angry. |
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He forgot the place
where he had left his watch;
consequently, he dared not go home
because his parents would scold him. |
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Although it was very
dark, Tom did not switch on the light as/because the switch was
broken. |
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The bridge
which was
damaged by flood water, has been repaired
so/and traffic can now
use it. |
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Mr Jackson was very
happy because he had won first prize in the lottery.
Even though
he hadn't received his money yet, he gave his friends a big
dinner. |
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After/When the fire
had died down, they tried to salvage whatever they could of the
remaining furniture. |
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The children begged
us to follow them as/because
they wanted to show us something; but
we refused to go with them because
we were too busy. |
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I woke up
after the clock had just
struck twelve. The wind was howling and
the rain was beating against the window pane. |
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Even though the woman is
very old, she is strong, though
she talks to herself as/because/since
she has no one to talk to. |
