This exercise is advanced sentence combining; it is designed for students who have completed Lesson 9 in the course.
Sentence 1: Mr. and Mrs. Phillips wanted to attend a lecture at the public library downtown.
Sentence 2: They wanted to hear a famous explorer talk about his travels to far-off and dangerous locations.
Grammar: 1. Use a gerund to combine the sentences.
2. Use a relative pronoun to combine the sentences.
3. Use an infinitive
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#1,Using a gerund-Wanting to hear a famous explorer talk about his travels to far-off and dangerous locations, Mr and Mrs . Phillips wanted to attend a lecture at pulic library downtown.
#2, Using a relative pronoun- Mr. and Mrs.Phillips,who wanted to hear a famous explorer talk about his travels to far-off and dangerous locations,wanted to attend a lecture at the public library downtown.
#3, Using an infinitve- To hear a famous exxplorer talk about his travels to far-off and dangerous locations,Mr.and Mrs. Philips wanted to attend a lecture at the public library downtown.
Sariyat: #1--yes you have a gerund, but using 'want' twice in that sentence is very awkward. #2--try to get rid of one use of "want". #3--good.
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