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    Exercises On Using Cohesive Devices

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    The document provides exercises on using cohesive devices to combine sentences and complete passages. Part A asks to fill in blanks with connecting words. Part B is a short story to complete with cohesive devices. Part C combines sentence pairs into single sentences. Part D combines sentences in a paragraph using examples from previous parts. The document focuses on practicing use of words and phrases to link ideas between sentences and sections of text for coherence and flow.

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    Exercises On Using Cohesive Devices

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    The document provides exercises on using cohesive devices to combine sentences and complete passages. Part A asks to fill in blanks with connecting words. Part B is a short story to complete with cohesive devices. Part C combines sentence pairs into single sentences. Part D combines sentences in a paragraph using examples from previous parts. The document focuses on practicing use of words and phrases to link ideas between sentences and sections of text for coherence and flow.

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    The document provides exercises on using cohesive devices to combine sentences and complete passages. Part A asks to fill in blanks with connecting words. Part B is a short story to complete with cohesive devices. Part C combines sentence pairs into single sentences. Part D combines sentences in a paragraph using examples from previous parts. The document focuses on practicing use of words and phrases to link ideas between sentences and sections of text for coherence and flow.

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    Exercises On Using Cohesive Devices

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    The document provides exercises on using cohesive devices to combine sentences and complete passages. Part A asks to fill in blanks with connecting words. Part B is a short story to complete with cohesive devices. Part C combines sentence pairs into single sentences. Part D combines sentences in a paragraph using examples from previous parts. The document focuses on practicing use of words and phrases to link ideas between sentences and sections of text for coherence and flow.

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    EXERCISES ON USING COHESIVE DEVICES

    Part A:
    Fill in the blanks using AND, SO, BECAUSE, BUT or OR.

    1. I could not go out last night _____ I was too busy.


    2. I could not go with my friend _____ he went without me.
    3. My friend went to the cinema to see a film _____ the film wasn't very
    good.
    4. The cinema was full of people _____ they were all smoking.
    5. I like people ____ I don't like smoke.
    6. Do you want an orange juice ____ a guava juice?
    7. It was my birthday _____ he didn't send me a card.
    8. I didn't write to him _____ he didn't write to me.
    9. We couldn’t contact him _____ we didn’t have his number.
    10. The new department store is now open _____ it is offering big
    discounts.

    Part B:
    Complete the short story below with appropriate cohesive devices.

    Mary could not go out with me _____ I invited Anne instead. Anne was
    very happy to accept my invitation _____ the film was very popular. Anne
    and I had a good time _____ next day Mary was very angry. "Do you love
    me _____ do you love Anne?" she asked me. "I like both you _____
    Anne," I answered. "Look!" said Mary. "Either you go out with me _____
    you go out with Anne. You can't love both me _____ Anne at the same
    time." "Why not?" I answered. "_____ it's not fair." I asked Mary if she
    would go out with me tonight _____ she said that she had a new
    boyfriend _____ didn't want to see me again _____ I didn't really love
    her. I phoned Anne _____ she said she was busy _____ now I'm alone.

    PART C
    Combine the following pairs of sentences to be one sentence.
    Use appropriate cohesive device(s).

    For example:
    The little boy walked to the store.
    His dog walked along with him.
    🡪 When the little boy walked to the store, his dog walked along with him.

    1. Bob is an only child. He is very independent.


    2. You have to bring your examination card. You cannot join the exam
    without the examination card.
    3. She went to work. She didn’t want to go.
    4. My cat was hungry. It had not eaten since breakfast that day.
    5. A book can be a lot of fun. A book can be boring.
    6. Her wallet fell to the floor. A photo of her boyfriend came out of it.
    7. Andy watched her favorite TV show. Andy went to bed.
    8. Karen and Sally are best friends. Karen and Sally have many things
    in common.
    9. They made plan to go to the beach. They couldn’t do it.
    10.I couldn’t sleep that night. I was too tired the next morning.

    PART D.
    Make less number of sentences by combining as many sentences as you
    can in the following paragraph, using the above examples to guide you.

    The Garuda team was three games down. The Garuda team had to win
    the next four games to move to the next round. Fans of Garuda were
    worried. Garuda had not won any championship for four years. No team
    had ever come back in the playoffs from a three-game deficit. All of the
    Garuda fans knew this. The fans of the Garuda watched anxiously as the
    fourth game against the Bear began. The fans of the Bear watched
    confidently. The Bear had a good chance to win the match. The fans of the
    Bear knew this. Nobody believed the Garuda would win that year. The
    Garuda won the match that year.

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