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Sentence Complexity and EmbeddingCompounding
Activity 13.3: Answers Circle compounding conjunctions and underline the compounded constituents. Then write which types of constituents have been combined together. 1. The fans waved green and yellow balloons. Adjectives2. Our swim was cold but invigorating. Adjectives 3. Do you want coffee or tea? Nouns 4. I'll take both cream and sugar in my coffee. Nouns 5. My wallet is neither in my pocket nor in my backpack. Prepositional Phrases 6. This flower is not a rose but a geranium. Noun phrases 7. Not only the students but the teachers as well voted against an increase in tuition. Noun Phrases 8. I thanked him sincerely, for he saved my mother's life. Clauses 9. He saved my mother's life, so I thanked him. Clauses 10. I didn't thank him, yet he saved my mother's life. Clauses 11. Either we'll go to a movie, or we'll attend the concert. Clauses 
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TESL 654
