This exercise is advanced sentence combining; it is designed for students who have completed Lesson 9 in the course.
Sentence 1: Experts believe that an economic recession is imminent.
Sentence 2: Reports from various experts indicate that unemployment is up and spending is down.
Sentence 3: In the U.S.A. many people have lost their homes because banks foreclosed on their mortgages.
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.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
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2 comments:
1. Indicating that unemployment is up and spending is down, experts believe that an economic recession is imminent, just like in the U.S.A. where many people have lost their homes because banks foreclosed on their mortgages.
2. Experts, indicating that unemployment is up and spending is down, believe that an economic recession is imminent, just like in the U.S.A. where many people have lost their homes because banks foreclosed on their mortgages.
3. Experts, who indicate that unemployment is up and spending is down, believe that an economic recession is imminent, just like in the U.S.A. where many people have lost their homes because banks foreclosed on their mortgages.
Andra: Excellent!
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