Exercise 7. Combine the following sentences using appositives.

1. My friend Michael is a student at a German university. He has come to

visit me.

2. Renee Henderson was a big, strong and healthy girl. She turned to

Lacey and cried in horror, ‘You wouldn’t!’

3. Our new clerk entered the office. He was a young man about twenty.

4. I’m sure you know Alfred Hard. He is a professor at London University.

5. Robert Shannon was a little Irish orphan. He lived in the family of his

uncle.

6. The day of our departure was Monday. It was rainy and cold.

7. I want to introduce you to Ann Smith. She is a great friend of mine.

8. Hamlet is an immortal tragedy by Shakespeare. It was written in the

first years of the 17^th century.

9. The owner of the house is Mr Morison. He was burnt in the face.

10.The work has been done by John Thompson. He is one of the most

talented engineers at our factory.

Colons (:)

● Colons serve a variety of conventional purposes: separating hours from minutes when reporting time, chapter from verse when citing the Bible, titles from subtitles when identifying a book or article.

4: 30 p.m.

Genesis 2: 3, Matthew 4: 1-6

The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth

● Use a colon to introduce a list at the end of a sentence:

He loves only three things: his car, his boat, and himself.

● Note that before a colon, there must be an introductory word such as things, or characteristics, or problems.

● Use a colon after the salutation (greeting) in a formal business letter.

Dear Professor Brown:

Dear Sirs:

Exercise 8. Insert colons and other punctuation marks where appropriate in the following sentences.

1. There are two kinds of people in this world those who don’t attract mosquitoes and those who do.

2. Stacked neatly on my bed is my ensemble a basic dress reversible skirt slacks blouse jacket shorts T-shirt vest two scarves cap with a bill and jumpsuit for airline travel plus underwear and a few toiletries.

3. My favorite dessert is a compote of four fruits apples pears peaches and plums.

4. If you really want to lose weight, you need give up only three things breakfast lunch and dinner.

5. Our club has four standing committees Budget Ceremonies Personnel and Awards.

6. In the past century vaccines have been developed for five diseases diphtheria measles polio typhoid fever and whooping cough.

7. Two characteristics aided Einstein in his work his curiosity and his ability to concentrate.

8. At around 3 05 the buzz of anticipation by the spectators became hushed.

9. Wills have been written on unusual surfaces napkins wallpaper hospital charts and even the side of a corncrib.

10. This is rooted in the genres of art which the French Academy established in the 1600s, namely landscape still life the nude and history.

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