Lesson XXVIII: Sentence Connectors

Exercise: B.1.4. Practice Summarizing Statements Use the fragment offered to create a summarizing statement with IN OTHER WORDS, … . For example: I like fishing and golf . My wife likes tennis . - like sports - IN OTHER WORDS, WE LIKE SPORTS . Russia is larger than the United States . It is larger than European Union or Australia . - the largest country in the world - IN OTHER WORDS, RUSSIA IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD . 1. Tom reads a book a week. He subscribes to numerous newspaper and magazine portals. -a passionate reader- 2. Igor is having a difficult time with his pronunciation. His sentence patterns are confused. -making slow progress in English- 3. Tomas does all of his work. He never misses classes and studies hard. -a good student- 4. The play has started. The theater is several blocks away. -we are late- 5. France has an area of 213,000 square miles. Spain has 195,000 square miles. -France is larger than Spain- 6. The weather is warm. The birds are singing. The trees are blooming. -is coming up- 7. The tickets are bought. Our baggage is packed. - can go- 8. John has a temperature of 37.2. His pulse is rapid and he has a cough. -sick- 9. We lost our tickets. Our baggage was stolen and we ran out of money. -in jeopardy- 10. The Red Cross gave us money. It provided us with a food and shelter. -saved- 11. War kills and cripples. It destroys and creates misery. -the ultimate disaster- 12. He composes music. He plays the piano and violin. -a good musician- 13. John is usually late to class. He is often absent. He doesn’t study much. He failed in three courses last year. -bad student-