Friday, May 9, 2014

HALF-WAY THERE CHALLENGE!

This is an exercise in advanced sentence combining. 

Sentence 1: Experts believe that another economic crises is imminent.
Sentence 2: Some reports indicate that debt is increasing to unsustainable levels.
Sentence 3: Many people could find themselves in serious financial trouble.

Grammar:

1.    Use a gerund to combine the sentences.
2.    Use an appositive to combine the sentences.
2.    Use a relative pronoun to combine the sentences.

3 comments:

Kate M said...

1) Indicating in some reports show increasing of debts to unsustainable levels, making expects believe that another economic crises is imminent and causing series financial trouble for many people.

2) Another economic crises is imminent, experts believe from unsustainable debt reports of people in serious financial trouble.

3) Experts believe that another economic crises is imminent, based on some reports debt is increasing to unsustainable levels, that many people could find themselves in serious financial trouble.

SeanW117 said...

This is an exercise in advanced sentence combining.

Sentence 1: Experts believe that another economic crises is imminent.
Sentence 2: Some reports indicate that debt is increasing to unsustainable levels.
Sentence 3: Many people could find themselves in serious financial trouble.

Grammar:

1. Use a gerund to combine the sentences.
2. Use an appositive to combine the sentences.
2. Use a relative pronoun to combine the sentences.

1. Some experts are reporting that debt is increasing to unsustainable levels and many people could be finding themselves in financial trouble, causing another imminent economic crisis.

2. Experts believe, with reports indicating debt increasing to unsustainable levels, that another economic crisis is imminent and many people could find themselves, if the experts are right, in serious financial trouble.

3. Some reports indicate that debt is increasing to unsustainable levels which experts believe could cause another imminent economic crisis, for whom many would suffer serious financial trouble.

Michael said...

Good effort, Kate, but there are some problems with your sentences. Have look at some of the other answers to see where you went wrong.

A really good effort, SeanW117. I think you understand how to approach these problems.

Here are some of my own attempts.

Answer 1:
Believing that debt is increasing to unsustainable levels and that another economic crisis is imminent, experts suggest that people could find themselves in serious financial trouble.

Or perhaps:

With debt increasing to unsustainable levels that could put many people in serious financial trouble, experts believe that another economic crisis is imminent.

Answer 2:
Some reports, indicating that debt is increasing to levels that could put many people in serious financial trouble, are leading experts to believe that another economic crisis is imminent.

Sean, in your third answer, you seem to refer to the economic crisis as "whom". Remember, "whom" is only used to refer to people. Consider something like the following.

Answer 3:
Experts believe that another economic crisis is imminent, as some reports indicate that debt is increasing to unsustainable levels, which could put many people in serious financial trouble.