Writing Better English for ESL Learners

8. antecedent of an elliptical relative pronoun (Compare to sample
   sentence P.)


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


10. after a conditional phrase, such as If he could hear me(Compare to
    sample sentence S.)

Exercise 3.18Write 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 several of the guests.

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


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


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


4. possessive -’s(Compare to sample sentence F.)


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


6. with a verb in the future perfect tense (Compare to sample sentence K.)

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