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G8 Cohesive Devices

This document provides exercises on using cohesive devices to combine sentences. It contains 4 parts: Part A has students fill in blanks with cohesive devices; Part B has students complete a story using cohesive devices; Part C has students combine sentence pairs into one sentence using cohesive devices; Part D has students combine sentences in a paragraph using cohesive devices. The goal is to practice using words like and, so, because, but, or, etc. to improve coherence when writing or combining sentences.

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G8 Cohesive Devices

This document provides exercises on using cohesive devices to combine sentences. It contains 4 parts: Part A has students fill in blanks with cohesive devices; Part B has students complete a story using cohesive devices; Part C has students combine sentence pairs into one sentence using cohesive devices; Part D has students combine sentences in a paragraph using cohesive devices. The goal is to practice using words like and, so, because, but, or, etc. to improve coherence when writing or combining sentences.

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Name: Grade:

Date:

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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