Sentence Combining and Sentence Variety 03 Ellective Sentences
Quiz
1. Which is the most effective way to combine sentences 2 and
Read the passage.
A A hot and sunny part of the world is the ancient land the
Middle East.
B Located in the Middle East, a hot and sunny part of the
world, that ancient land.
1 and
C That ancient land was located in the Middle East, and
the Middle East is a hot and sunny part of the world.
(1) The umbrella dates back more than 3,000 years to
Mesopotamia. (2) That ancient land was located in the
Middle East. (3) The Middle East is a hot and sunny part of
the world. (4) Royalty there demanded protection from
the sun. (5) People developed the umbrella for this
purpose. (6) Use of the umbrella as a sunshade then
spread to ancient Europe. (7) In fact, if you analyze the
origin of the word umbrella.you will see that it reflects the
umbrella's original purpose. (8) Umbrella comes from the
Latin word umbra (9) Umbra means "shade." (10)
Eventually, the Romans used the umbrella to protect
themselves from the rain. (11) They used the umbrella to
protect themselves from the sun as well. (12) Today,
umbrellas are used mainly as raingear.
and
OD That ancient land was located in the Middle East, a hot
and sunny part of the world.
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