The Egyptian British International School
Grammar Revision
Name: _____________________________________
Class: ______
Date: _______________
Joining clauses to form different types of sentences
1- Coordinating conjunctions join two independent clauses (two main clauses) and form
compound sentences.
Coordinating conjunctions: FANBOYS: for – and – nor – but – or – yet – so
2- Subordinating conjunctions join one independent clause (one main) and one
dependent clause (subordinate clause) to form complex sentences.
3- Relative Pronouns, relative adverbs and conditional conjunctions join one
independent clause (one main) and one dependent clause (subordinate clause) to
form complex sentences.
Relative Pronouns
Who, whom, whose, which, that
Relative Adverbs
When, where , why
Conditional Conjunctions If, only if, even if, only if, provided , provided that, unless,
as long as
4- Semicolons and conjunctive adverbs join two independent clauses (two main clauses)
and form compound sentences.
Remember that a comma is needed
1- A comma is needed in compound sentences before the coordinating conjunctions:
(for – and – nor – but –– yet – so)
2- A comma is needed in complex sentences that begin with the dependent clauses.
3- A comma is needed after conjunctive adverbs.
Exercises:
A. Join each pair of sentences according to given instructions and write the type of each sentence:
1. Mary loves broccoli. Her husband, John, hates broccoli. (Coord. Conj.)
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2. We will do all our shopping in this store. The choice of merchandise is limited. (Sub. Conj.)
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3. Keiko needs to study. She has a calculus test on Friday. (Coord. Conj.)
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4. I ran to school. I was not late. (Coord. Conj.)
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5. I can’t go to the play. I have no money (Sub. Conj.)
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6. He could buy a new charger. He could borrow his sister’s. (Coord. Conj.)
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7. We went to the beach to watch the sunset. The party ended. (Sub. Conj.)
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8. Melinda is not eligible to run again. She won the election last year. (Sub. Conj.)
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9. Julia has a guitar. She plays it well. (Coord. Conj.)
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B. Join the sentences with suitable relative pronouns/ relative adverb to form complex
sentences:
1. Tim and Hilary climbed Mount Everest. Mount Everest is 27,000 feet high.
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2. He bought the tools. The tools are required to fix his old car.
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3. The site is really interesting. John sent me to the site.
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4. The photo is not clear. Tom posted the photo on Facebook.
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5. I know a man. He can speak four languages.
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6. I have a brother. He is a doctor.
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7. Tim served us. He was impolite and impatient.
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8. Tania has acted in a couple of films. She thinks that she is a star.
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9. Sue is now in the hospital. She was injured.
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10. The man is a writer. We met him at the theatre yesterday.
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11. We saw the policeman. The policeman was on the news.
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12. Everyone looked at the boy. His face was quite red.
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13. I remember the day. You became my friend on Facebook that day.
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C. Join each pair of sentences with a suitable conjunctive adverb to form compound sentences. Do all
necessary changes.
1. Jason did not study. He failed the test.
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2. Bob wants a new car. He cannot afford it.
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3. You have to eat your meal. You will not get dessert.
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4. You can start cleaning the kitchen. I will clean the bedroom.
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5. Jenny doesn’t like tomato sauce. She has a hard time choosing from the menu.
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6. We keep a cover on our car. It was covered with dust.
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D. Use semicolons and commas to punctuate the following sentences:
1- The restaurant has branches worldwide in Paris France London England and Rome Italy.
2- For this recipe I need the following: four free-range chicken breasts several shallots some sour cream two
peeled apples brown ice a beaten egg and some flour.
3- The assembly will be on Monday October 17 Tuesday October 18 Wednesday October 19 and Thursday
October 20.
E. Fill in the gaps with past simple / past progressive tenses:
1. What ________________________ (you / do) when I ________________________ (call) you last night?
2. I ________________________ (sit) in a café when you ________________________ (call).
3. When you ________________________ (arrive) at the party, who ________________________ (be) there?
4. Susie ________________________ (watch) a film when she ________________________ (hear) the noise.
5. Yesterday I ________________________ (go) to the library, next I ________________________ (have) a
swim, later I ________________________ (meet) Julie for a coffee.
6. We ________________________ (play) tennis when John ________________________ (hurt) his ankle.
7. What ________________________ (they / do) at 10pm last night? It ________________________ (be)
really noisy.
8. He ________________________ (take) a shower when the telephone ________________________ (ring).
9. He ________________________ (be) in the shower when the telephone ________________________
(ring).
10. When I ________________________ (walk) into the room, everyone ________________________ (work).