B Match the independent clauses in column A with the dependent clauses to make meaningful sentences.

columns

3

4

A

B

1. Timmediately phoned the police

a) that she couldn't make the announcement

2. We cannot go out

b) but she refused,

3. The flight attendant was so tired

c) and they're going to Singapore.

4. I asked if I could borrow her book

d) when I heard the explosion.

5. We are going to Delhi for three days e) because it's raining

Sto

AS

If clause

Read this sentence.

If the students didn't pay Jess, he would have taken the body back

The highlighted part of the sentence is an if clause. An if clause is always dependent on

A

Sometimes the animals arrive at the shelter very sick. however, the shelter workers will not allow anyone to adopt a seriously ill animal. which is the conjunctive adverb? sometimes however anyone at

Write approximately 100 words reflecting on your 7-question reading strategy activity. how correct were your first two predictions? what questions worked for you within that activity? what questions didn't? were these reading strategies something you do unconsciously when you read anyway, or were they very foreign ideas? the more you know about how you read, the better you become as a reader. what did you learn about yourself as a reader?

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