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13. Joining Ideas
You can vary your writing by joining ideas with compound predicates, -ing modifiers, past participial
modifiers, appositives, and relative clauses.
Which of the following sentences joins ideas with a compound predicate?
Sam thinks that surfers who ride waves are heroic.
The surfers, who wear shorts, go to the beach every Saturday.
We go surfing and hiking every Saturday.
Points:
1 / 1
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Explanation:
"We go surfing and hiking every Saturday" is the correct answer. A compound predicate has more than
one verb but only one subject. In this sentence, surfing and hiking are the verbs, and the single subject
is we. We is not repeated before the second verb.
Read the sentence. Next, click on the blank line in the sentence, and choose the correct answer from
the dropdown menu that completes the sentence.
Caroline, a workaholic, doesn't even take a break to eat lunch or dinner.
The sentence joins ideas withError! Filename not specified.an appositive .
Points:
1 / 1
•The following sentence uses a compound predicate:
We made popcorn and watched a movie.
•The following sentence uses an -ing modifier:
Cooking every night, Angelina became an expert chef.
•The following sentence uses an appositive:
Tai, a bodybuilder, drinks protein shakes daily.
•The following sentence uses a relative clause:
Our teacher, who dances salsa, is very strict.
•The following sentence uses a past participial modifier:
Seated in the airplane, Luc began to feel nervous.
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Explanation:
The correct answer is "an appositive." The sentence joins ideas with the appositive a workaholic. The
appositive describes the subject Caroline, and it is set off by commas. An appositive is a word or group
of words that describes a noun or pronoun.
Directions: The following passage contains sentences that join ideas in different ways. Select the blank
line that follows each sentence, and choose the correct method of joining ideas from the dropdown
menu. (Hint: An answer choice can be used more than once.)
Passage
Facing state economic cuts, public universities may have to reduce scholarships.Error! Filename not
specified.-ing modifier Concerned about their tuition, students are protesting these cuts.Error!
Filename not specified. Past participle modifier Universities, which are in a tough situation, are
forced to make difficult decisions.Error! Filename not specified.Appositive Having few options,
university officials are requesting outside financial help.Error! Filename not specified.-ing modifier
Hopefully, students will not have to pay more and study less at public universities in the future.Error!
Filename not specified.None of these options
Points:
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Explanation:
Sentence
Facing state economic cuts,
public universities may have to
reduce scholarships.
Concerned about their tuition,
students are protesting these cuts.
Universities, which are in a
tough situation, are forced to
make difficult decisions.
Having few options, university
officials are requesting outside
financial help.
Hopefully, students will not have
to pay more and study less at
Explanation
The phrase facing state economic cuts begins with the -
ing modifier facing. This phrase introduces the main
clause, public universities may have to reduce
scholarships.
The past participial modifier concerned introduces the
sentence, and it describes how students are feeling.
This sentence contains a relative clause. The relative
clause is which are in a tough situation, and it describes
the subject, universities.
The phrase having few options begins with the
-ing modifier having. This phrase introduces the main
clause, university officials are requesting outside
financial help.
This sentence contains a compound predicate. There are
two verbs, pay and study, and only one subject,
students.
The employees that work
at the company will no
longer have jobs.
Sentence
The company that I work
at is closing.
Sentence
The employees, who have
worked at the company for
many years, will now search
for new jobs.
Sentence
public universities in the future.
Explanation
Explanation
The clause wthat I work at is a restrictive relative clause
because it provides essential information for the sentence to
make sense. Without this clause, you don't know enough
information about the company.
The clause that work at the company is a restrictive relative
clause because it provides essential information for the sentence
to make sense. Without this clause, you don't know
which employees will no longer have jobs.
Explanation
The clause who have worked at the company for many
years is a nonrestrictive relative clause because it does not
provide essential information about the employees. The
nonrestrictive clause provides extra information about the
employees.
Restrictive relative clauses contain essential information necessary to complete the meaning of a
sentence. Nonrestrictive relative clauses do not contain essential information; the sentence makes
sense without it.
Directions: Carefully answer the following questions about restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses.
Which of the following sentences contain restrictive relative clauses? Check all that apply.
The company that I work at is closing.
The employees that work at the company will no longer have jobs.
The company's headquarters are in China.
Every employee is upset about the decision.
The employees, who have worked at the company for many years, will now search for new jobs.
Points:
0.8 / 1
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Explanation:
The following sentences are correct because they contain restrictive relative clauses:
The other three sentences do not contain restrictive relative clauses. The sentences Every employee is
upset about the decision and The company's headquarters are in China do not contain relative
clauses. The remaining sentence contains a nonrestrictive relative clause:
Read the two sentences. Then, choose the sentence that correctly combines the sentences by
changing the second sentence into a relative clause introduced by who, which, or that.
(Hint: Who refers to persons, that refers to persons or things, and which refers to things.)
Chinese is an interesting language. There are many dialects in the Chinese language.
Chinese, which has many dialects, is an interesting language.
Chinese, who has many dialects, is an interesting language.
Chinese, a language with many dialects, is an interesting language.
Points:
1 / 1
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Explanation:
The correct combined sentence is "Chinese, which has many dialects, is an interesting language." The
second sentence changes to the relative clause which has many dialects. The clause begins
with which, since it refers to a thing, the Chinese language.
