1. WRITING EXERCISES ON JOINING SENTENCES Guided

2. What to do Subordinate, coordinate, and compress structures as suggested after the sets of sentences below to form single sentence. Position modifiers properly.

3. 1 a. They stood on the doorstep. b. The three old ladies looked like twittering crows. c. They were dressed all in black. Compress a into an –ing participial clause to introduce b which will be the main predication and change c to an –ed participial clause to modify the appropriate noun in b.

4. Answer Standing on the doorstep, the three old ladies dressed in black looked like twittering crows.

5. 2 a. Physics involves the active pursuit of knowledge. b. It is like any other science. c. It contains many elements besides its basic concepts. Compress b into a prepositional phrase to modify the appropriate word in a and then link the expanded a to c with a coordinator of contrast.

6. Answer Like any other science, Physics involves the active pursuit of knowledge, yet contains many elements besides its basic concepts.

7. 3 a. This is the general rule. b. Doctors get blood for their patients. c. They may ask a relative donor. d. They may do this to ensure the safety of their patients. Compress a into a single word modifying b as the main predication. Change c to a prepositional phrase of source or means to modify the verb in b. Compress d into an infinitive of purpose and link it to the main predication.

8. Answer Generally, doctors get blood for their patients from a relative donor in order to ensure their patients’ safety.

9. 4 a. Gases do not have specific volumes at a particular temperature. b. They are unlike solids and liquids. c. They expand. d. They fill their containers. Link c and d to form an adjectival wh- clause modifying gases in a. Then compress b into a prepositional phrase and join it to a, the main predication, as a modifier of the subject.

10. Answer Unlike solids and liquids, gases, which expand and fill their containers, do not have specific volumes at a particular temperature.