1. The phone
rang
eight times before anybody answered it.
2. “Oh my gosh! Call the police! Someone
stole my car.”
3. The architectural firm that I worked for designed this building. My
brother’s construction company
built it. It took them two years to
complete it.
4. The children
played baseball until dark and didn’t want to stop for dinner.
5. After I gave a large bone to each of my three dogs, they went to separate
corners of the backyard and dug holes to bury their bones.
6. A: Why isn’t Bill here for the meeting? He’s supposed to give the weekly
report. B: I
talked to him last night on the phone, and he said he’d be
here.
7. After looking at all the chairs in the furniture store, I finally chose the
red one. It was a difficult decision.
8. A: How are you getting along in your relationship with Ann? B: Not bad. Last
night I
asked her again to marry me, and she said “maybe.” 9. The players
are depressed because they
lost the game last weekend. Next time they’ll
play better.
10. A: How can you take a three-month vocation? What about your job? B: I won’t
be going back to that job again. I
quitted yesterday.
11. I can’t afford a new car because I spent all my money on new furniture for
my apartment.
12. A: Is Maggy still angry with you? B: No, she
forgave me for what I did, and
she’s speaking to me again