Writing Better English for ESL Learners

8. subject of a passive present perfect tense verb (Compare to sample
   sentence Q.)


9. subject of a passive past tense verb (Compare to sample sentence R.)


10. after the conditional phrase If you had helped us(Compare to sample
    sentence S.)

Exercise 3.4Write ten sentences similar to the examples in A–S. Next to the

part of speech for each sentence you will see which example sentence is simi-

lar to your new sentence. Use the phrase two dangerous criminals.

1. subject of the sentence (Compare to sample sentence A.)


2. object of the preposition into(Compare to sample sentence D.)


3. object of the preposition because of(Compare to sample sentence D.)


4. possessive (Compare to sample sentence F.)


5. with a verb in the past tense after the phrase When I saw him(Compare
   to sample sentence I.)

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