Saturday, September 15, 2007

SENTENCE COMPLETION, Sept. 15th

Use the type of clause, phrase, or grammar indicated to complete the following sentence; you can add the phrase or clause before or after the clause below:

...the price of gasoline rose sharply last week ...
1. Use a phrase
2. Use a dependent clause
3. Use an independent clause

Note: you can still see previous Sentence Completion questions; they are posted in the 2007 archive in the side bar.

2 comments:

richard said...

1. Without surprise, the price of gasoline rose sharply last week.
2. At the same time that the hurricane Gustav hit United States, the price of gasoline rose sharply last week.
3. The price of gasoline rose sharply last week, but people did not change their driving habit

Veronica Baig said...

Richard: Good work! #1--the wording would be better as "not surprisingly"; #2--omit "the" before hurricane; #3--you need to make "habit" plural.