Friday, November 15, 2013

SENTENCE COMPLETION

Follow the instructions below to create three different sentences from the following clause.*

… Santa arrived at the mall on Saturday…

Sentence 1. Add a phrase            
Sentence 2. Add a dependent clause      
Sentence 3. Add an independent clause


*Add your words to the beginning or end of the clause (but not both).

3 comments:

Sarahba50 (155) said...

1. Santa arrived at the mall on Saturday to have breakfast with the kids.

2. Santa arrived at the mall on Saturday after being in the parade.

3. Santa arrived at the mall on Saturday. I can't believe Christmas is approaching so quickly!

Yosua ENGL155 said...

Santa arrived at the mall on Saturday over a half hour late.

Santa arrived at the mall on Saturday after we finish shopping.

Santa arrived at the mall on Saturday; the kids were so excited to see him.

Michael said...

Sarah, #3 is actually two sentences!

Yousa, #3 is technically one sentence, but it would be clearer if you used a conjunction.