Sentence Structure and Punctuation

1.) The radio played a new program.

2.) The new program featured live performances by local musicians.

Which sentence combines these two sentences by replacing the first sentence with a prepositional phrase?

• The radio played a new program, and this new program featured live performances by local musicians

• Featuring live performances by local musicians, a new radio program played.

• The new program on the radio featured live performances by local musicians.

• The new radio program, which featured live performances by local musicians, played.

Which sentence correctly uses a relative pronoun to combine the sentences?

• To become a math teacher, Leslie set a goal and began working toward it

• Leslie set a goal, which is to become a math teacher, and began working toward it

Enrico had to work from home and take care of his two-year-old son. They walked over to the park, and while there, Enrico planned to make a call to his co-worker Paul. Enrico, helping his son on the playground slide, talked to him using a hands-free headset.

Revise the passage to correct any unclear antecedents.

• Enrico had to work from home and take care of his two-year-old son. They walked over to the park, and while there, Enrico planned to make a call to his co-worker Paul. Enrico talked to Paul using a hands-free headset while helping him on the playground slide.

• Enrico had to work from home and take care of his two-year-old son. They walked over to the park, and while there, Enrico planned to make a call to his co-worker Paul. Enrico, helping his son on the playground slide, talked to Paul using a hands-free headset.

With only one wish, Gwen gazed into the orb she wanted to see into her future.

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• orb: she,

• orb;

• orb, she,

Joanna possessed the qualities of a tennis champion; resilience, strength, and humility.

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• champion:

• champion,

• champion

Changing your lifestyle to;_ include more exercise may help decrease the occurrence of headaches.

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• to

• to-

• to:

Even though playwright Athol Fugard is now 82 years old, he is still hard at work writing about injustice, life, and family in South Africa.

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• Fugard:

• Fugard;

• Fugard-

Painted by Salvador Dalí in 1931, The Persistence of Memory depicts time, as soft,_ and malleable.

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• time as soft

• time: as soft

• time as soft;

Because of the increasing popularity of their crops, organic farmers are finding it easier to move their products to,_ the consumer at local grocery stores.

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• products, to

• products to:

• products to

Maggie picked up the baby:_ turtle and watched its flippers flap like wings.

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• baby,

• baby

• baby-