BÀI TẬP MODIFYING SENTENCES 1

A. Combine the following sentences into a single sentence using modifying words.
1. The fish are hungry. The fish are koi. The fish are beautiful.
 The beautiful Koi are hunfgry.
2. The customers give the waiters tips. The customers are departing. They give tips
gratefully. The tips are large.
 The departing customers give the waiters large tips gratefully
3. Teachers instruct the children. The children are eager to learn. The teachers are
enthusiastic.
 The enthusiastic teachers instruct the eager to learn children.
4. The garage is messy. We are embarrassed by the garage. We clean up the garage
quickly.
 We clean up the messy garage embarrassingly and quickly.
5. The doors are brass. They finally open. They open inward.
 Finally, they open the brass doors inward.
B. Combine the following sentences using prepositions or prepositional phrases.

1. There was no second to the motion. The motion died.
 The motion died due to there was no second to the motion.
2. We complied with local law. We paid a five dollar fine. The reason was that we had
eaten a bag of peanuts in a public street.
 Because of we eaten a bag of peanuts in a public street, we paid a five dollar in
order to complied with local law.
3. Some fifty million Americans have become the legal owners of one-third of
corporate America. Their pension funds made this possible.
 Some fifty million Americans have become the lagal owners of one-third of
corporate America though their pension funds.
4. There are traffic jams. There is a lack of parking space. The administration has
banned all cars. You can no longer drive into the central campus area.
 Due to traffic jams and a lack of packing space, The administration has banned
all cars drive into the central campus area.
5. You want to keep your transportation costs down. Fill your gas tank at a self-serve
pump.
 To keep your transportation costs down by fill your gas tank at a self-serve
pump.
C. Combine the following sentences using infinitives or infinitive phrases.

1. The campaign wanted to reach large numbers of people quickly. The campaign
focused on mass immunization techniques.
 The campaign wanted to reach large numbers of people quickly by focused on
mass immunization techniques.
2. The hackers wanted to attract the attention of the American public. The hackers
tried to force a major network. The network was to broadcast the hackers' political
demands.
 The hackers wanted to attract the attention of the American public by tried to
force the network was to broadcast the hackers’ political demands.
3. You want to be approved for a proficiency examination. You must convince the
department. You have a reasonable chance of passing the examination.
 Wanting to be approved for a proficiency examintion, you must convince the
department you have a reasonable chance of passing the examination.
4. The aim of the school was helping students understand death as the natural end of
a life cycle. The school introduced a noncredit course. The title of the course was
Death.
 The aim of the school was to help students understand death as the natural end
of a life cycle by introducing a noncredit course titled "Death."
5. The purpose of many Americans is overcoming their fear of unknown assailants.

The unknown assailants stalk city streets. Many Americans take instruction. They are
instructed in some sort of Asian self-defense.
 The purpose of many Americans is overcoming their of unknown who assailant
stalk streets, by take instruction their some sort of Asian self-defense.
E. Combine the sets of sentences below into a single sentence using gerunds.
1. One cheats on tests repeatedly. This is risky. This is self-defeating.
 The cheating on tests repeatedly, this is risky and self-defeating.
2. She pretended to be one of us. She took part in all our pranks. This helped hide her
identity. She was a policewoman.
 Pretending to be one of us and taking part in all our pranks, this helped hide her
identity as a policewoman.
3. You bury a dead cat at midnight. Or you rub the spot with grasshopper spit. This
might cure warts as effectively as medical treatment.
 Burying a dead cat at midnight or rubbing the spot with grasshopper spit might
cure warts as effectively as medical treatment.
4. You reduce your weight. It is not just a matter of this. You clip a diet out of a
magazine.
 Reducing your weight is not just a matter if this, you clip a diet out of a
magazine.
5. You can slight the value of early detection programs for cancer. But this invites
disaster and defeat.
 Slighting the value of early detection programs for cancer, this invites disaster
and defeat.

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A. Combine the following sentences into a single sentence using modifying words.

 Finally, they open the brass doors inward.

B. Combine the following sentences using prepositions or prepositional phrases.

C. Combine the following sentences using infinitives or infinitive phrases.

5. The purpose of many Americans is overcoming their fear of unknown assailants.

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