Tuesday, February 19, 2008

HALF-WAY THERE CHALLENGE! Feb. 19th

This exercise is advanced sentence combining; it is designed for students who have completed Lesson 9 in the course.

Sentence 1: Couples celebrate their love for each other with gifts and cards on Valentines Day.
Sentence 2: Singles often celebrate Valentines Day with parties and hope to find love.
Sentence 3: Businesses hope that Valentines Day will bring them lots of money because of the gifts and cards that are exchanged.

1. Use a gerund to combine the sentences.
2. Use an appositive to combine the sentences.
3. Use a relative pronoun to combine the sentences.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. Hoping that Valentine’s Day will bring them lots of money, businesses attract couples who celebrate their love for each other with gifts and cards as well as singles who often celebrate Valentine’s Day with parties and hope to find love
2. Businesses, hoping that Valentine’s Day will bring them lots of money, attract couples who celebrate their love for each other with gifts and cards as well as singles who often celebrate Valentine’s Day with parties and hope to find love.
3. Businesses, which hope that Valentine’s Day will bring them lots of money, attract couples who celebrate their love for each other with gifts and cards as well as singles who often celebrate Valentine’s Day with parties and hope to find love.

Veronica Baig said...

Milijana: Excellent:-)

Anonymous said...

1. Hoping to earn money on Valentine's Day, businesses allure couples who celebrate their love for each other with gifts and cards while singles often celebrate Valentine's Day with parties and hope to find love.
2. Businesses, hoping to earn money on Valentine's Day, allure couples who celebrate their love for each other with gifts and cards while singles often celebrate Valentine's Day with parties and hope to find love.
3. Businesses, that hope to earn money on Valentine's Day, allure couples who celebrate their love for each other with gifts and cards while singles often celebrate Valentine's Day with parties and hope to find love.

Veronica Baig said...

Sara: Good work!