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Part I-Gram m ar 2 Sentences can be combined in different w ays. For journalists, the most common combinations are simple
sentences, compound sentences, and complex sentences:
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Grammar Exercise 01 1. Simple Sentence: One (subject + predicate)
Grammar Exercise 02 Tw enty Freeport citizens protested the ban against smoking.
Grammar Exercise 03
Grammar Exercise 04
Grammar Exercise 05 2. Compound Sentence: Tw o complete sentences joined by a comma + coordinate conjunction (and, or,
Grammar Exercise 06 nor, but, for, because, etc.)
Grammar Exercise 07 Tw enty Freeport citizens protested the smoking ban, but the new spaper failed to cover the story.
Grammar Exercise 08
Grammar Exercise 09 3. Complex Sentences: One complete sentence (also know n as an independent or main clause) + 1
Grammar Exercise 10 subordinate (or dependent ) clause (missing either a subject or a predicate; or introduced by a
Grammar Exercise 11 conjunctive adverb — although, however, moreover, etc.)
Grammar Exercise 12 Although 20 Freeport citizens protested the smoking ban, the new spaperfailed to cover the story.
Grammar Exercise 13
Test I
New Collegiate Sport Starting Up
Identify these sentences by choosing (a) Simple, (b) Compound or (c) Complex

1 The training rooms of these college athletes smell of grease and gasoline.

A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
2 Their practice field is a stretch of asphalt, and their heroes make a living driving cars.

A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
3 Their tools are screw drivers and spanners rather than basketballs and footballs.

A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
4 This new brand of college athlete is involved in the sport of auto racing.

A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
5 Most of the students are engineering majors, and they devote every minute of their spare time to their sport.

A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
6 Although the sport is new , it has already attracted six collegiate teams in the Southeast.

A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
7 The students w ork on special cars designed for their sport.

A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
8 The cars are called Legends cars, models of Fords and Chevys from 1932 to 1934, and they are refitted by the
students w ith 1200 cc motorcycle engines.
A) simple
B) compound

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 C) complex
9 Although their usual speed ranges from 50 to 90 miles an hour, Legends cars can move up to 100 miles an hour
on a straightaw ay.
A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
10 The Saturday morning races of the competing teams have attracted as many as 3,500 fans, but the students
concede they are no threat to the nation's fastest grow ing sport of stock car racing.
A) simple
B) compound
C) complex

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