REVIEW EXERCISE - CONNECTORS

Using a connector (coordinating conjunction, correlative conjunction, subordinating conjunction, conjunctive adverb, or relative pronoun), combine the following pairs of sentences into one. There is usually more than one possible answer. Remember to punctuate accordingly.

1. He poured honey all over her body. He licked it off.

2. We must reduce the speed of trucks on the highway. There will be more traffic deaths.

3. He forgot to put on the gun's safety catch. He shot himself in the foot.

4. Gro Harlem Brundtland is a steadfast supporter of sustainable development. She is the Prime Minister of Norway.

5. There is enough food to feed everyone on this planet. Thirty million people die of hunger each year.

6. He doesn't smoke. He doesn't drink.

7. Transnational corporations control two thirds of the world's trade. They employ only 3% of the world's workers.

8. The world's population continues to increase. There are 240,000 babies born every day.

9. Joseph Conrad did not learn to speak English until his late teens. He became one of the greatest English novelists of the 20th century.

10. The Eiffel Tower is 984 feet high. It was built in 1889.