Lesson XXVIII: Sentence Connectors

B.2. Actionals as Sentence Connectors Previous pattern: We have breakfast AT 8:00. We have class AT 9:00. Farms are usually small IN THE EAST. You will find much larger ones FURTHER WEST. New pattern: Referent Sentence Connected Sentence … Actional Block Actional Block … We have breakfast at 8:00. AT 9:00 , we have class. Farms are usually small IN THE EAST. FURTHER WEST , you will find much larger ones. We have classes ALL MORNING. IN THE AFTERNOON , there is a laboratory work. There are cotton fields IN THE SOUTH. IN THE NORTH , there lie many cornfields. Exercise: B.2.1. Practice Sentence Connectors Relate sentences more closely. For example: He gets up at 7:00. He eats breakfast at 7:30. HE GETS UP AT 7:00. AT 7:30, HE EATS BREAKFAST . They grow cherries in Michigan. They grow peaches in Georgia. THEY GROW CHERRIES IN MICHIGAN. IN GEORGIA, THEY GROW PEACHES . He studies from six until nine. He takes a break from nine to ten. HE STUDIES FROM SIX UNTIL NINE. FROM NINE TO TEN, HE TAKES A BREAK . 1. John started his trip on Tuesday. He was in Chicago on Wednesday. 2. Ted saw an accident. He ran for the police immediately. 3. Mr. Saito does not like American food. He will get accustomed to it eventually. 4. Bill has one class in the morning. He has three classes in the afternoon. 5. Mary had a headache yesterday. She feels better today. 6. The library has a reading room on the first floor. There is a large reference room on the second floor. 7. We find salt water in the Great Salt Lake. We find fresh water in other lakes. 8. It is 6:30 on my watch. It is 6:40 on your watch. 9. The cold weather lasts four months in Michigan. It lasts three months in Kentucky. 10. The census is taken in June. The results are published in August. 11. Hockey is a favorite sport in Canada. Tennis is favorite sport in Serbia. 12. School begins at 9:00. Classes are over at 3:00, and the children go home.