Wednesday, February 27, 2008

SENTENCE COMPLETION, Feb. 27th

Use the type of clause, phrase, or grammar indicated to complete the following sentence; you can add the phrase or clause before or after the clause below:

... I didn't agree with the judge's decision ...

1. Use a phrase
2. Use a dependent clause
3. Use an independent clause

Note:you can still see previous Sentence Completion questions; they are posted in the archive in the side bar.

7 comments:

Carole said...

1. In fact, I didn't agree with the judge's decision.
2. I didn't agree with the judge's decision, because I felt it was an unfair decision.
3. Yesterday, I watched a hockey game and there was a rule issue in the second period. I didn't agree with the judge's decision.

Anonymous said...

1. I didn't agree with the judge's decision to acquit the defendant.
2. I didn't agree with the judge's decision because the defendant was clearly guilty.
3. The defendant was acquitted on charges of fraud and breach of trust, but I didn't agree with the judge's decision.

Veronica Baig said...

Carole: #s 1 and 2--good; #3 use a semicolon between the independent clauses rather than start a new sentence.
Milijana: Excellent:-)

Anonymous said...

I didn't agree with the judge's decision regarding the boy.

2. I didn't agree with the judge's decision because there was not enough evidence.

3. Although Mr. Kid was found guilty, I didn't agree with the judge's decision.

Anonymous said...

1. I didn't agree with the judge's decision to release the defendant.
2. I didn't agree with the judge's decision because the evidence used against the defendant was poorly researched.
3. Although the defendant was found innocent on charge of murder, I didn't agree with the judge's decision.

Veronica Baig said...

Jeff and Sara: #s 1 and 2--good work; #3--another dependent clause (notice the subordinating conjunction "although" that introduces it).

Anonymous said...

3. Mr. Kid was found guilty of murder, I didn't agree with the judge's decision.