Midterm Grammar Review

I did my homework, while my roommate cooked dinner.

Photographers and support crew watched _____ Ivan flew the hot air balloon in & out of the cave

The edge of the lava is about 40 meters wide, __ it will most likely destroy homes in its path.

You can write on paper, although a computer is better if you want to correct mistakes easily.

What is the simple subject of this sentence?     My ESL teacher speaks a little Russian.

A common weakness in writing is the lack of varied sentences. 

_____ Ivan ____ Felix are adventures from Austria.

A 70 year-old Austrian has successfully ________ a hot air balloon in a cave 200 meters deep.

I don’t like dogs that bark at me when I go past.

I don't like dogs, and my sister doesn't like cats because they make her sneeze.

It is an active volcano. This volcano has been ________ since 1983.

You can write on paper, but using a computer is better as you can easily correct your mistakes.

A complex sentence is made up of an independent clause + one or more DC connected to it.

The old hotel by the bus station in the center of town is probably going to be knocked down.

What type of sentence?   I don’t like cats, and my sister doesn’t like dogs.

Lava which began _________ from a Hawaiian volcano on June 27th is coming close to a village.

Simple, compound, and complex, can help you vary the sentences in your writing.

A compound sentence refers to a sentence made up of two IC + a coordinating conjunction

My friend and I are going on holiday together this year.

The lava flow _____ moving at about 10-15 yards per hour (9-14 meters per hour). 

A simple sentence has a coordinating conjunction

People ________ getting ready to evacuate their homes.

___ ten years ago Felix base-jumped this spot, Ivan was inspired to go in his hot air balloon.

Most lava from this eruption flowed south, but it flowed to the northeast in the past two years