PRACTICE SHEET 2
1. Dear Tom
I am very mad at you for being cruel mean and inconsiderat e.
I have 4000 ot her reasons why I am mad at you but I can’t list
them all here.
Very t ruly yours
Sharon
2. Suzy is not there daught er she is they’re niece.
3. Jimmy st ill had a headache for he couldn’t get the childproof
cap off of t he medicine bott le.
4. Sally brought the hamburgers but forgot the hot dogs.
5. Rain had fallen steadily for sixt een hours and many basement s
were flooded.
6. Five inches of snow fell in t wo hours and one inch of ice built
up when t he snow t urned t o freezing rain.
7. Windy condit ions and slippery ice caused dangerous driving
condit ions Jessica explained t o her neighbors.
8. John said we better warn t he farmers about this st orm which
looks like it ’s going t o get worse.
9. Farmers had no t ime t o cont inue harvest ing nor could t hey
round up t heir animals in t he dist ant fields.
10.
The firehouse whist le blew four t imes so everyone knew a
blizzard was coming.
11.
People on t he road t ried to reach safet y yet a few unlucky
people were st randed.
12.
The police did t he best t hat they could but were not
successful.
13.
Because of her powerful serves Fran made t he tennis
team.
14.
Fran made t he t ennis t eam because of her po werful
serves.
15.
Soccer a popular sport in t he subu rbs is great exercise
and a lot of fun.
16.
The modern Olympic Games began in 1896 because a
French educat or thought t hey could make t he world more
peaceful.
17.
Because a French educator t hought they could make the
world more peaceful t he modern Olympic Games began in
1896.
18.
At hlet es should finish t heir educat ion before competing
in t he Olympics.
19.
The Yankees an overrat ed baseball team will not win the
world series next year remarked Mrs. Geller.
20.
St op picking on Yankees said t he st udent s You’re just
angry because you root for unt alented pat hetic losing teams
ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 2
1. Dear Tom,
I am very mad at you for being cruel, mean, and inconsiderat e.
I have 4,000 ot her reasons why I am mad at you, but I can’t
list t hem all here.
Very t ruly yours,
Sharon
2. Suzy is not their daught er; she is their niece.
3. Jimmy st ill had a headache, for he couldn’t get the childproof
cap off of t he medicine bott le.
4. Sally brought the hamburgers but forgot the hot dogs.
5. Rain had fallen steadily for sixt een hours, and m any basement s
were flooded.
6. Five inches of snow fell in t wo hours, and one inch of ice built
up when t he snow t urned t o freezing rain.
7. “Windy condit ions and slippery ice caused dangerous driving
condit ions,” Jessica explained to her neighbors.
8. John said, “We better warn t he farmers about this storm, which
looks like it ’s going t o get worse.”
9. Farmers had no t ime t o cont inue harvest ing, nor could t hey
round up t heir animals in t he dist ant fields.
10.
The firehouse whist le blew four t imes, so everyone kne w
a blizzard was coming.
11.
People on t he road t ried to reach safet y, yet a few
unlucky people were st randed.
12.
The police did t he best t hat they could but were not
successful.
13.
Because of her powerful serves, Fran made t he tennis
team.
14.
Fran made t he t ennis t eam because of her po werful
serves.
15.
Soccer, a popular sport in t he suburbs, is great exercise
and a lot of fun.
16.
The modern Olympic Games began in 1896 because a
French educat or thought t hey could make t he world more
peaceful.
17.
Because a French educator t houg ht they could make the
world more peaceful, t he modern Olympic Games began in
1896.
18.
At hlet es should finish t heir educat ion before competing
in t he Olympics.
19.
“The Yankees, an overrat ed baseball t eam, will not win
the world series next year,” remarked Mrs. Geller.
20.
“Stop picking on Yankees,” said t he st udent s. “You’re
just angry because you root for untalent ed, pat hetic, losing
teams.”