Sentence-Combining Workbook, Third Edition

✍ Scribed by Pam Altman, Mari Caro, Lisa Metge-Egan, Leslie Roberts

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 209
• Edition: Third
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

SENTENCE COMBINING WORKBOOK uses sentence-combining techniques to help you develop confidence in your writing at the sentence level and practice communicating your ideas in clear sentence structures. Each unit focuses on a specific sentence-level technique, followed by a set of sentence-combining exercises involving a narrative story or factual topic. Through this innovative story-telling approach, students will practice viewing individual sentences as part of a larger context and develop sentence expansion skills.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
ISBN 9781428263802......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 8
Recognizing Verbs......Page 12
Exercise One: On the Campaign Trail......Page 14
Exercise Two: The Last Campaign Trail......Page 16
Exercise Three: Take Me Out to the Ball Game......Page 18
Using a Dictionary to Choose the Correct Verb Form......Page 20
Exercise Four: Write/Wrote/Written......Page 22
Exercise Five: Getting a Record......Page 24
Exercise Six: The Onion Cure......Page 26
Recognizing Subjects......Page 28
Exercise Seven: Mind Your Manners......Page 30
Exercise Eight: Get a Job......Page 32
Exercise Nine: Miracle Food......Page 34
Unit Two: Sentence Focus......Page 36
Exercise One: Hard Ball......Page 38
Exercise Two: Exam Stress......Page 40
Exercise Three: Who’s to Blame?......Page 42
Unit Three: Joining Sentences
with Coordinators......Page 44
Exercise One: Old House......Page 46
Exercise Two: Car Shopping......Page 48
Exercise Three: You Be the Co-Author......Page 50
Unit Four: Joining Sentences
with Subordinators......Page 52
Exercise One: Familiar Pests......Page 54
Exercise Two: Urban Green......Page 56
Exercise Three: You Be the Co-Author......Page 58
Joining Words That Show Logical Relationships......Page 60
Review Exercise 1 Chocolate High......Page 62
Unit Five: Joining Sentences
to Show Comparison
and Contrast......Page 66
Exercise One: George and Paul......Page 68
Summary of Comparison and Contrast Joining Words......Page 70
Exercise Two: Getting in Shape......Page 72
Exercise Three: The Nuer and the Bakhteri......Page 74
Exercise Four: The Netsilik and the Trobriands......Page 76
Comparing the Present and the Past......Page 78
Exercise Five: The Middleton Boom......Page 80
The Concessive Subordinators......Page 82
Choosing Contrast Coordinators or Subordinators......Page 83
Punctuation Reminders: Using Commas......Page 84
Practice in Contrast and Concession: Two Neighborhoods......Page 86
Exercise One: Sunny Hills and Sea View......Page 88
Exercise Two: My Neighborhood......Page 90
Practice in Contrast and Concession: Alternatives to Gasoline......Page 92
Exercise Three: Alternatives to Gasoline......Page 94
Exercise Four: Taking a Stand......Page 96
Using Transition Words Effectively......Page 98
Using Transition Words Correctly......Page 99
Showing Logical Relationships with Transition Words......Page 100
Exercise One: Making Connections......Page 102
Exercise Two: Touring Museums......Page 104
Exercise Three: Smooth Traveling......Page 106
Unit Eight: Joining Parallel
Structures......Page 108
Exercise One: The Decision......Page 110
Joining Three or More Parallel Ideas......Page 112
Exercise Two: The Cosmic Navy......Page 114
Exercise Three: You Be the Co-Author......Page 116
Review Exercise 2 Nature and Nurture......Page 118
Unit Nine: Modifying Nouns
with Adjectives......Page 122
Exercise One: Never Too Young......Page 124
Verb Forms as Adjectives......Page 126
Exercise Two: Double Dutch......Page 128
Exercise Three: Hairdos—The Assyrians and Us......Page 130
Exercise Four: You Be the Author......Page 132
Unit Ten: Modifying Nouns with
Prepositional Phrases......Page 134
Exercise One: The Great Outdoors......Page 136
Exercise Two: Global Warming......Page 138
Review Exercise 3 Nessie......Page 140
Review Exercise 4 Sutro Baths Nostalgia......Page 144
Review Exercise 5 Plastics—On Land and in the Sea......Page 148
Review Exercise 6 Superstitions......Page 152
Punctuation with Appositives......Page 156
Exercise One: Prenuptial Agreement......Page 158
Exercise Two: Not So Typical Music Listeners......Page 160
Exercise Three: Alfred and Edward......Page 162
Exercise Four: Madge and Mordred......Page 164
Exercise Five: You Be the Author......Page 166
Sense of Time: Review Exercise 7......Page 168
Unit Twelve: Modifying Nouns
with Adjective
Clauses......Page 170
Exercise One: Nirvana and the Law......Page 172
Exercise Two: The Lonesome Cowboy......Page 174
Special Rule: Who/Whom......Page 176
Exercise Three: Cat Adopts Man......Page 178
Exercise Four: Stranger Than Fiction......Page 180
Exercise Five: Rio......Page 182
Exercise Six: You Be the Author......Page 184
Unit Thirteen: Modifying
Sentences with
Verbal Phrases......Page 186
Exercise One: Going Out to Eat......Page 188
Exercise Two: The Iron Horse......Page 190
Exercise Three: The Economics Final......Page 192
Exercise Four: Fitness Folly......Page 194
Unit Fourteen: Final Review
Exercises......Page 196
Final Review Exercise 1 License Plates......Page 198
Final Review Exercise 2 Dream a Little Dream of Me......Page 202
Final Review Exercise 3 Earthquakes......Page 206