Sentence Essentials - Additional Exercises

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Sentence Essentials, First Edition
Linda Wong


	Additional Exercises Chapter 10 Sentence Combining Using Participial Phrases Combine the following sentences into one sentence by converting information from one of the sentences into a participial phrase. After you finish the exercise, email your work to your instructor or print the page to give to your instructor. 1. The firefighters were exhausted. They had worked overtime for fourteen days. 2. The loan officer approved my loan. He understood my situation. 3. My two roommates avoided talking to me. They wanted to break our lease. 4. My little nephew stormed through the room. He was yelling and throwing things. 5. I have learned to be cautious and alert. I live in a big city. 6. I did not answer him. I was pretending to be asleep. 7. Several people visited the homeless shelters. They were working as census takers. 8. Tim stumbled to find the right words. He wanted to apologize for his actions.





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