Writing Better English for ESL Learners

10. after the conditional phrase If he had seen her(Compare to sample
    sentence S.)

Exercise 3.12Write 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 the drunken soldier.

1. indirect object (Compare to sample sentence C.)


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


3. in a clause beginning with because(Compare to sample sentence E.)


4. object of the preposition around(Compare to sample sentence D.)


5. with an irregular past tense verb (Compare to sample sentence G.)


6. with an irregular present perfect tense verb (Compare to sample
   sentence H.)


7. with a verb in the present perfect tense with a present participle
   (Compare to sample sentence J.)

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