Writing Academic English 4th Edition

170 Part 111 I SentenceStructure

PRACT1CE 5

Compound

Sentenceswith

Conjunctive

Adverbs

A. Formcompoundsentencesbyaddinga secondindependentclausetoeach

independentclause.Besuretoadda completeclausecontaininga subject

anda verb.Circletheconjunctiveadverband addpunctuation.Someofthese

sentencesarefromPractice4Aonpage167.Thefirstonehasbeendonefor

youasanexample.

1. Thecollegecampusislocatedinthecenterofthecity;therefore,it is very
   easytogettherebypublictransportation.

2.AccordingtotheBigBangTheory,theuniversebeganexpandingabout

13.7billionyearsagomoreover _

3. Studentsmustpaytheirtuitionandfeesbeforetheyregisterforclasses
   otherwise _


4. Scientistspredictthatintelligentlifeexistssomewhereintheuniverse
   however _


5. Marsprobeshavephotographedrockswithwatermarkingsonthem
   nevertheless _

6.My roommatescoredhighontheEnglishplacementtestasa result _

7. Tuitionandfeesincreaseeveryyearforexample
   8. Theclassthoughttheteacherwouldgivea testlastFridayinstead

B. Ona separatesheetofpaper,combinethepairsofsentencesinitems3,5,6,

and8 fromPractice4Bonpage168,usingconjunctiveadverbsinsteadof

coordinators.Punctuateyournewsentencescorrectly.Thefirstonehasbeen

doneforyouasanexample.

1. Nuclearaccidentscanhappen.Nuclearpowerplantsmusthavestrictsafety
   controls.
   Nuclearaccidentscanhappen;therefore. nuclearpowerplantsmUsthave
   strictsafetycontrols.

C. Wlitefivecompoundsentences,usingeachoftheseconjunctiveadverbsonce:

inaddition,nevertheless,ontheotherhand,therefore,andforinstance.