... help the reader understand your
topic.
Important: Begin at least one sentence with an adverb and one with a preposi-
tional phrase.
A sample composition follows.
Model Composition
“A Classmate”
1
Marie ... problem (S3)
her personality (S4 and S5)
the friends she has made and the help they are giving her (S6 and S7)
Note that S3 begins with the prepositional phrase At first, and S6 with the adverb
Already.
VARYING ... waste a good part of our lives standing in lines.
2
In the morning,
we stand in line to get a bus.
3
At noon, we stand in cafeteria lines.
4
In the
library, we stand in line to borrow or return...
... thousand languages in North and South America alone.
b. Throughout the world, the number of languages is decreasing rapidly, and once
there were more than a thousand languages in North and South ... with potato chips, and an
apple for lunch.
b. For lunch, I ordered a cheese sandwich, a bag of potato chips, and an apple.
5. a. Liv had accepted Joel’s invitation to the dance, and she changed ... patience and dexterity, is a challenging sport.
8. Dogs are intelligent and attuned to humans, so they make good working companions.
9. Nursing is a good career choice and is suitable for both men and...
... Grammar& quot; and " ;Composition Grammar, " Sweet's
"Primer of Spoken English& quot; and "New English Grammar, " etc., Hodgson's "Errors in
the Use of English, " ... books
and articles:—
Meiklejohn's " ;English Language," Longmans' "School Grammar, " West's " ;English
Grammar, " Bain's "Higher English Grammar& quot; ...
Husband and wife are not connected in origin. Husband is a Scandinavian word
(Anglo-Saxon hūsbonda from Icelandic hús-bóndi, probably meaning house
dweller); wife was used in Old and Middle English...