Friday, November 1, 2013

COMPLETE THE SENTENCE

Complete the following sentence using the type of clause, phrase, or grammar indicated.*
You may put your contribution either before or after the clause:

many young children eagerly rang my doorbell on Halloween  …

1. Use a phrase            
2. Use a dependent clause      
3. Use an independent clause


* Please write three separate sentences.

2 comments:

Yosua ENGL155 said...

Last night, many young children eagerly rang my doorbell on Halloween.

Many young children eagerly rang my doorbell on Halloween because I´m well-known for my pumpkin candy.

Many young children eagerly rang my doorbell on Halloween; they were so deseperate to eat candies.

Michael said...

Good try, Yousa. But the combination of "last night" and "on Halloween" sounds a little odd.

I think this is because, "last night" and "Halloween" turn out to be the same day.

This sentence sounds fine, however:

"Last year, many young children eagerly rang my doorbell on Halloween."