Here are sample combinations for the 10 sets of sentence-building exercises on page one. Keep in mind that in most cases more than one effective combination is possible.
- The first alarm clock, which woke the sleeper by gently rubbing his feet, was invented by Leonardo da Vinci.
- Children who have not received flu shots must visit the school doctor.
- Success, which encourages the repetition of old behavior, is not nearly as good a teacher as failure.
- I showed the arrowhead to Rachel, whose mother is an archaeologist.
- Merdine, who was born in a boxcar somewhere in Arkansas, gets homesick every time she hears the cry of a train whistle.
- The space shuttle is a manned rocket that can be flown back to earth and reused.
- Henry Aaron, who played baseball with the Braves for 20 years, was voted into the Hall of Fame in 1982.
- Oxygen--which is colorless, tasteless, and odorless--is the chief life-supporting element of all plant and animal life.
- Bushido, which is the traditional code of honor of the samurai, is based on the principles of simplicity, honesty, courage, and justice.
- Merdine danced on the roof of her trailer during the thunderstorm that flooded the county last night.
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