Troubleshooting Improve the following sentences. nS ree You can improve them by: + making a complete thought (adding to a sentence fragment) + combining short sentences using a dependent clause. + changing the word order. 1. Whenever we arrive at school after the bell 2, He was the top student in the class. He worked very hard, 3. No matter what time it is. 4, Itstarted to rain. We ran for cover. We got soaked through to the skin. 5. Because it was the only choice we had 6. Over the hill, across the field, and alongside the river. 7. Janice wants to be rich. She wants to be famous, She never wants to work hard. Write the correct pronoun in each of the following sentences. (aan sete a ee eae he | A pronoun should agree in gender and number with the noun to which it refers. “=> (A pronoun shoud green gender and number withthe noun to which refers. = 1. Pauline and Sarah had finished assignment. Neither the principal nor Mr. Oates brought_______ carr, Not only the teacher but the students ate ______ lunch early, He asked the group to hand in__ assignments. sR en The team received ___ trophy at the ceremony.€2220i01c1 eee 2 Write a corrected version of each of the sentences to remove the confusion. @- Can you tell why they are confusing? ee 1, John asked Phillip to explain his difficulty. yy 2. Paula told Joanne that she had won a prize in the lottery. 3. Sam met John when he first came to the school. 4. The boys in the class competed against the girls and they won. mtieaor tO Choose the correct verb form for each of the following sentences. Neither the girls nor the teacher (\s/are)_____ ready for the show. 1 2. John, together with Bill, (is/are) ______ going on a trip to Florida: 3. One of the girls (wants/want)____ to opt out of the programme. 4. No children (is/are) _ playing in the yard. 5. Either we or he (has/have) ___ made a mistake 6. Everybody (is/are) ___ excited about the game. miter Dn Correct the confusion in the following sentences by changing the word order. Example: She almost spent one hundred dollars, =5% She spent almost one hundred dollars. 1. He spoke about his brush with death after he was rescued 2. He saw a bus walking to school. 3. Laughing out loud, the animals in the zoo entertained them. 4. Being the youngest in the family, nobody listens to Jason