Exam 4: Sentence Types

Some children who appear withdrawn in the classroom may have learning styles that are different from the teacher's mode of presentation, and they may require special attention.

Poor environmental planning will lead to unacceptable levels of soil erosion, intolerable amounts of pesticide use, and a quality of life that will be diminished.

Because their lives are in danger.

Partings are common in life and signal both beginnings and endings.

After they pack clothes, books, stereo and other paraphernalia into their car, they drive off to a university campus, and there they enact both an ending and a beginning.

William Carlos Williams was a famous American poet, but he was also a doctor.

Wallace Stevens worked for an insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut.

Robert Frost was one of the few people who could support himself solely on poetry.

Especially for university freshmen and their parents who must say good-bye.

John was not used to waiting for the bus, for he usually drove his car to work.

The local paper reported that the funeral would be held at 10:00 a.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetary.

They are learning to document sources while they write.

Ted walked the entire length of the world's largest shopping mall; after he reached its end, he still couldn't find a pair of sneakers that fit.

My roomate and my other friends were talking about my problems, but neither he nor they could really understand completely.

Except writing detective novels in her spare time.

Earning close to $700 a week.

T.S. Eliot was a banker.