Answer: C. As he sat on the curb in front of the school, Tico twirled a stick in his hand. Aunt Maricel would be there soon. Tico felt nervous because he knew she would ask about his trumpet, and he would have to explain everything.
Explanation:
The version that best uses a variety of sentence structures to enhance the flow and writing style of a story is option is C "As he sat on the curb in front of the school, Tico twirled a stick in his hand. Aunt Maricel would be there soon. Tico felt nervous
because he knew she would ask about his trumpet, and he would have to explain everything".
This is the right answer because all the other options are not structured properly. Option C enhances the flow as the option is structured properly as the words also flow along well.
Subordinating conjunctions creates a transition between two complex sentences. It indicates the place or time or a cause and effect relationship. Even though, how, if, though, while, although etc. are some of the subordinating conjunctions.
Therefore, the above lines with subordinating conjunction will be written as:
Although the movie was boring, Holly couldn't bring herself to leave the cinema. Her friends then decided to go to a restaurant close by. In the end, Holly enjoyed the evening because they ordered her favorite food—Chinese.
Explanation:
1. Can you name two types of clauses? For every clause write one example!
2. Write down parts of the speech and one example for each of it.
3. What is the past tense of 'lie'?
4. Where is the difference between 'affect' and 'effect'?
5.How do you punctuate reported or silent speech?
These five questions should test the grammatical knowledge of the students.
The first question is based on sentences and how students can differ Independent clause from the dependent clause.
With the second question, we can see students' knowledge of parts of speech.
With the third and the fourth question, we can see how students differ pronunciation and writing of the words with a different meaning. With the fifth question, we can see their usage of punctation which is also very important.
