18 January 2013

**BUILD-A-SENTENCE, Jan. 18th, 2013**



The following question is similar to the one in part 3 of the Engl 140 final exam. There are many possible answers. Write a sentence using the vocabulary and grammar indicated.

Add a dependent clause in the past perfect progressive tense to the following independent clause:
... we saw an accident ...

7 comments:

Yosua. said...

YOSUA ENGL140.

We saw an accident after we had been driving for an hour.

Veronica Baig said...

YOSUA: Good answer:-)

Alexey said...

Alexey ENGL140

We had been walking through the park for twenty minutes, when we saw an accident.

Veronica Baig said...

ALEXEY: Well done:-)

RufusENGL143 said...

Rufus ENGL143

We had been camping on the mountain for a week, when we saw an accident.

Sara said...

We had been standing in a traffic jump for 2 hours, when we saw an accident that blocked our road.

Veronica Baig said...

RUFUS: nicely done!
SARA: yes, but what's a traffic jump? Do you mean "queue" or "jam"?