Writing Academic English 4th Edition

242 Part 111 ISentenceStructure

PRACTICE 5

Relative

Pronouns

asObjects

ofPrepositions

A. Combinesentencestomakea newsentencecontaininganadjectiveclause.

Step 1 Changethesentencewiththeunderlinedprepositionalphrasetoan

adjectiveclause.

Step 2 Combineit withthefirstsentence.Writeeachnewsentencetwice,

(a)intheformalpatternand(b)inanyofthepossibleinformalpatterns.

Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasanexample.

1. Findingreasonablypricedhousinginbigcitiesisa problem.Manyyoung
   peopleareconcernedabouttheproblem.
   (a) Findingreasonablypricedhousingin bigcitiesisa problemabout
   whichmanyyoungpeopleareconcerned.
   (b) Findingreasonablypricedhousingin bigcitiesisa problemthatmany
   youngpeopleareconcernedabout.


2. Affordableapartmentsarescarce.Youngpeoplewouldliketoliveinthem.
   (a)
   (b) _


3. Ofcourse,manyyoungpeopleshareapartments,buttheyhavetotakecare
   inchoosingthepeople.Theywillsharelivingspaceandexpenseswith
   thesepeople.
   (a)
   (b)
   4.Livingwithpeoplecanbestressful,butitcanalsobefun.Youarenot
   relatedtothepeople.
   (a)
   (b)


4. Inmanycountlies,young peoplecontinuetolivewiththeirparentsinthe
   samehouse.Theygrewupinthathouse.
   (a)
   (b)


5. IntheUnitedStates, youngpeopledonotwanttolivewiththeirparents.
   Theytypicallydeclaretheirindependencefromtheirparentsatage18.
   (a)
   (b) _

B. Nowwritesentencesofyourown.Writetwosentencesintheinformalpattern

andtwoinanformalpattern.Usethepromptssuggested.

1. Informalpattern
   (a) Thepackagethat forfinally
   alTived.
   (b)UncleCharlie,whom with,is
   goingtospendThanksgivingwithhisfriendsthisyear.