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Exercise 33 : Because/Because of
1. It
was difficult to deliver the letter Because of the sender had written the wrong address on the envelope.
2. We
decided to leave early Because the party was boring.
3. Rescue
attempts were temporarily halted Because the bad weather.
4. They
visited their friends often Because they enjoyed their company.
5. Paul
cannot go to the football game Because of his grades.
6. Marcella
was awarded a scholarship Because of her seperior scholastic
ability.
7. Nobody
venturen outdoors Bacause of the hurricane
warning.
8. We
plan to spend our vacation in the mountains Bacause the air is purer
there.
9. We
have to drive around the bay Because the bridge was destroyed in
the storm.
10. The
chickens have died Because of the intense beat.
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Exercise
34 : So/Such
1. The sun shone So brightly that Maria
had to put on her sungasses.
2. Dean
was Such
a powerfu swimmer that he always won the races.
3. There
were So
few students registered that the class was cancelled.
4. We
had Such
wonderful memories of that place that we decided to return.
5. We
had Such
good a time at the party that we hated to leave.
6. The
benefit was So great a success that the promoters decided to repeat it.
7. It
was Such
a nice day that we decided to go to the beach.
8. Jane
looked So sick that the nurse told her to go home.
9. Those
were Such
difficult assignments that we spent two weeks finishing them.
10. Ray
called at Such an early hour that we weren’t awake yet.
11. The
book looked So interesting that he decided to read it.
12. He
worked So carefully that it took him a long time to complete the
project.
13. We
stayed in the sun for Such a long time that we became
sunburned.
14. There
were So
many people on the bus that we decided to walk.
15. The
program was So entertaining that nobody wanted to miss it.
CONNECTORS
Sentence Connectors are a great way of improving your English.
Because we use them to express relationships between ideas and to combine
sentences. When we begin learning a language, we speak in very basic sentences,
a bit like children.
Example: “London is
a very exciting city. London is very expensive.”
As we learn
more words and more complex sentence structure, we are able to start using sentence connectors to make more
sophisticated sentences.
Example: “London is
a very exciting city; nevertheless it
is also very
expensive” or
“Despite the fact that
London is very expensive, it is also very
exciting”
There are
various types of connectors.
We can divide them into:
1.
Coordinating Conjunctions
They connect
words, phrases and clauses. They are usually found in the middle of a sentence
with a comma (,) just before the conjuction, or at the beginning of the
sentence.
Coordinating Conjunctions: for, and,
no, but, or, yet, so
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Example :
1.
Tom and
Harry play hockey
2.
She studied hard but could not score
well in the test.
3.
Shall we
buy a book or a toy?
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2.
Correlative Conjunctions
They connect
equal sentence elements together (like two nouns) and are always composed by
two words.
Correlative
Conjunctions: both...and, not only...but also, not...but, either...or,
neither...or, whether...or, as...as
Example:
1.
My sister is both smart and
intelligent
2.
Not only is she stupid but
also stubborn
3.
Either Peter or John has
taken the book
3.
Subordinating Conjunctions
They connect
a dependent clause and an independent clause and establish a relationship
between them. They happen at the beginning of a sentences (with a comma in the
middle separating the clauses) or in the middle of a sentence with no comma.
Subordinating Conjunctions:
after
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if
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though
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although
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if only
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till
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as
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in order that
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unless
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as if
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now that
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until
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as long as
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once
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when
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as though
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rather than
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whenever
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because
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since
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where
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before
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so that
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whereas
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even if
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than
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wherever
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even though
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that
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that
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while
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Example:
1. I will not
go to the market if it rains
2. You could go
and play after you have done the dishes
3. You must dig
the earth till you find water
4.
Linking Adverbs and Transition Words
They connect
two independent clauses or sentences. They provide transition between ideas.
Linking Adverbs and Transition Words:
accordingly
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however
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nonetheless
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also
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indeed
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otherwise
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besides
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instead
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similarly
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consequently
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likewise
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still
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conversely
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meanwhile
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subsequently
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finally
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moreover
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then
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furthermore
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nevertheless
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therefore
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hence
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next
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thus
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Sumber:
