SENTENCE BUILDING exercises

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10 Terms

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Introduce your sentence with 

“Even though”

  • to be held accountable

  • to improve

  • compliance

Even though the president of the US, Donal Trump, has been held accountable for using public funds to finance his camping by the media, the White House declared his compliance with the regulations.

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Introduce your sentence with 

“Despite”

  • to jeopardise

  • to master

  • panoply

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Use a sentential relative clause

  • in plain view

  • idiosyncrasy

  • mutable

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Use the passive voice

  • to develop

  • rooted

  • policies

*Pope Francis declared that new items rooted in sexual identity should be developed and added to the Bible in order to include trans people rights into the Holy Texts.


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The new policies implemented in Córdoba about the new garbage collection schedule were developed by officials due to their deeply rooted commitment with the population in the city.

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Use a simple comparative structure

  • compelling

  • panoply

  • unrest

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Use a structure of incremental repetition

  • resentment

  • tantamount

  • annoying

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Use a third conditional sentence

  • To steer clean

  • To lean forward

  • Unspoken

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Start with “no sooner”

  • Idiom with “layman”

  • To be equipped with

  • Non-verbal cues

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Use a passive construction

  • To articulate

  • Incontestable

  • To apprehend

It may have formerly been argued that the loss of a minority language did not amount to a serious issue; however, at present linguists are very much aware of the incontestable power each language or variety has when it comes to allowing its speakers to both articulate the inimitable reality they live in and to fully apprehend the shades and nuances of meaning that are unique to their culture.

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Use “rather than” in your sentence

  • Sustenance

  • Despairing

  • To undergo

Despite the fact that actual respect for African American rights is still somewhat kept in limbo, since there is no assurance that these people’s rights will not continue to be encroached upon, the fact that communities worldwide have condemned and police authorities have openly repudiated the killing of George Floyd amounts to an unprecedented step towards truly embracing the Black Lives Matter motto.