Friday, January 18, 2013

HALF-WAY-THERE CHALLENGE! Jan. 18th, 2013



This exercise is advanced sentence combining; it is designed for students who have completed Lesson 9 in the course.

Sentence 1: We called many relatives over the holidays including those that live overseas.
Sentence 2: Even though we are in touch with our relatives on the internet, it’s still good to hear their voices sometimes.
1 . Use a gerund to combine the sentences.
2. Use a relative pronoun to combine the sentences.
3. Use an infinitive to combine the sentences.

4 comments:

Aygul189 said...

1.Even though we are in touch with our relatives on the internet,calling them over the holidays including those that live overseas is always good.
2. We called many relatives, with whom we are in touch on the internet, over the holidays including those that live overseas.
3.Even though we are in touch with our relatives on the internet, we called them over the holidays including those that live overseas to hear their voices sometimes.

Veronica Baig said...

AYGUL:1. That's not a gerund;#2--good; #3--yes, but there is a punctuation error;-)

Aygul189 said...

1.Even though we are in touch with our relatives on the internet, it’s still good to hear their voices sometimes by calling them over the holidays including those that live overseas.
3.Even though we are in touch with our relatives on the internet, we called them over the holidays, including those that live overseas, to hear their voices sometimes.

Veronica Baig said...

#3--is good, but #1 is not a gerund;-)