Writing Better English for ESL Learners

Exercise 3.7Write 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 a registered letter.

1. direct object (Compare to sample sentence B.)


2. object of the preposition without(Compare to sample sentence D.)


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


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


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


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


7. in a compound sentence with the conjunction and(Compare to sample
   sentence L.)


8. in a compound sentence with the conjunction because(Compare to
   sample sentence M.)

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