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2. Air travel and hotels are very expensive.
There are other ways to see foreign countries, (however)
3. Educational exchanges are cheaper than vacations.
They involve valuable learning experience, (in addition)
4. Most young Americans have part­time jobs.
They can save some money for travel, (as a result)
5. Sara goes to school and helps her mother.
She finds time to work at a grocery store, too. (even though)
6. She has $1000 of her own money.
She is planning to visit her uncle in Venezuela, (so)
7. Sara works hard.
She has very little free time. (so…that)
8. Sara often works.
Her friends are having fun. (while)
9. She likes to have fun with her friends.
She has exciting travel plans, (on the other hand)
10. She can’t go to Venezuela.
She pays for part of the airplane ticket, (unless)
11. Sara has an uncle in Caracas.
She doesn’t need to pay for a hotel, (therefore)
12. Sara will be very happy.
She sees her uncle and her friends in Venezuela, (when)
VII. Sentence Construction
Writing complete sentences
There is a great difference between spoken English and written English.
In speech, people use more contractions and more incomplete
sentences than they do in writing. It is common to use a subordinate
clause alone in speaking. However, in writing English, a subordinate
clause must always be combined with a main clause.
The short conversations below are acceptable in spoken English.
However, the answer in each conversation is an incomplete sentence.
Rewrite each incomplete sentence with a main clause. Follow the
example.
1. “When will we eat the cake?”
“When the guests arrive.”
We will eat the cake when the guests arrive.
2. “How long must we wait?”
“Until they come.”
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