This exercise is advanced sentence combining; it is designed for students who have completed Lesson 9 in the course.
Sentence 1: The New Year was celebrated around the world.
Sentence 2: Most people hope for a more peaceful year to come.
Sentence 3: This year many are also hoping for more prosperity.
Grammar:1. Use an appositive to combine the sentences.
2. Use a gerund to combine the sentences.
3. Use a relative pronoun to combine the sentences.
Correct answers for previous assignments are in the Archives.
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#2 Hoping peace and prosperity, many people celebrated the New Year around the world.
#3 Many people celebrated the new year,they hoped for a more peaceful and more prosperous year.
UZMA: # 2--there's something missing here; #3--this does not include a relative pronoun.
#1 Hoping more prosperity and more peaceful year to come, many people celebrated the New Year around the world.
UZMA: You can use "hoping" in the following constructions: hoping for something or hoping that something happens. Hoping can also be followed by a subject noun or pronoun.
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