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EXERCISES
Composite Sentences
1.
Fill in the blanks with the conjunctions and, but, neither...nor, so.
My friend and I go in for sports together. In fact, we got acquainted in a
sports club, ... since then we are inseparable. I started playing tennis at the
age of six, ... he began going in for tennis only at ten, ... now he plays better
than I do, . he always wins when we play together. Not long ago a swimming
pool was opened not far from the place where we live, ... we started going in
for swimming, too. We both enjoy team games, ... we often play basketball
and volleyball, neither of us plays football. We ... go mountain skiing, ...
play bowling, ... we dream to try both when we are on holiday next year.
2.
Define the type of the subordinate clause. Translate the sentences into
Russian.
1.
It is known that sport makes people strong and healthy.
2.
Ask him whether he will come to the party.
3.
The doctor said that I should stay in bed for at least three days.
4.
Vlad appreciated what father had told him about bowling when he
went to the bowling club.
5.
I met the man you had told me about.
6.
The book you are discussing is unfamiliar to me.
7.
I remembered him the moment I saw him.
8.
Mike said he had never been to such a large stadium before.
9.
He didn’t tell us where they had gone.
10.
She is smiling because she has remembered something funny.
11.
This girl says she can speak three languages.
12.
The man who called didn’t say his name.
13.
You will answer all the questions when you are asked.
14.
Father told him how to throw the ball.
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