THE FOURTH STEP IN ESSAY WRITING (II)

question 55

Essay

THE FOURTH STEP IN ESSAY WRITING (II):
COMBINING SENTENCES THROUGH COORDINATION AND SUBORDINATION
On separate paper, use coordination and subordination to combine the groups of simple sentences below into one or (in most cases) two longer sentences. Omit repeated words. Since a variety of combinations is possible, you might want to jot several combinations on your paper. Then read them aloud to find the combination that sounds best. Keep in mind that, very often, the relationship between ideas in a sentence will be clearer when subordination rather than coordination is used.
1. • Everyone laughed at the boss's story.
• Stan laughed harder than anyone else.
• He didn't get the joke.
2. • My car developed an annoying rattle.
• I took it to the service station.
• The mechanic couldn't find what was wrong.
3. • I have always wanted to play the piano.
• My parents couldn't afford music lessons.
• I still want to learn.
• I am taking an adult ed course at our high school.
4. • A Vietnamese restaurant opened in our town.
• It has been doing a tremendous business.
• The food is reasonably priced.
• It is a delicious combination of Chinese and French cooking.
5. • A person at the party told a racist joke.
• I decided to leave.
• My boyfriend told me to calm down.
• I didn't want to be around people like that.
6. • The burner was set only at "medium."
• The soup boiled over the top of the pot.
• The mixture hit the hot stove.
• It smoked, hissed, and bubbled.
7. • I couldn't decide which of the two sweaters to buy.
• The saleswoman convinced me to take both.
• At home, I regretted the expensive purchase.
• I vowed to return one of the sweaters.
8. • Debbie felt nervous and out-of-place at the party.
• She sat by herself at the end of the couch.
• She didn't want people to feel sorry for her.
• She kept a strained smile on her face.
9. • Mr. Blatt always mixes up the students' names.
• People get the feeling he doesn't care.
• Being called by another name is embarrassing.
• It makes the students feel unimportant as well.
10. • The Mars Curiosity rover made an apparently exciting discovery.
• It turned out to be a shiny piece of robot litter.
• Curiosity continues its exploration of Mars.
• Scientists believe Curiosity will make many more discoveries, perhaps even fossils.

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