NALD: Fulltext Documents - The Companion to SARAW: An Exercise Workbook

Exercise 2

Make the simple sentences below into compound sentences.

Fred went swimming. He had a great time.
Angela likes to walk to work. Today it is raining.
This computer crashes all the time. That computer works fine.
Jackie is in love with George. She doesn't want to marry him.

Exercise 3

What do you and your family (or house-mates) like to do for fun? Do you like to do the same things or different things? Type 3 compound sentences on your computer that answer these questions.

Exercise 4

Look back at Exercise 1. Type each sentence and put a - before and after the subject(s) and a * before and after the verb(s).

Exercise 5

Practice combining simple sentences with ideas that aren't sentences on their own. Try to make two complex sentences for each pair.

Example

Julie listened to the radio

while she did her homework.

Julie listened to the radio while she did her homework.
While Julie did her homework, she listened to the radio.

1. Jordan slipped in quietly

2. The dog chewed his bone

3. The boys sleep in the basement

4. The psycho stalked the woman

after the class started.

while the baby pulled his ears.

when it gets very hot outside.

as she walked through the park.

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