Combining Sentences with Adverbial Adjuncts

Directions: Use adverbial adjuncts to combine the underlined sentence groups. Write your new sentences in the boxes. Afterwards, scroll down the page to check your answers.

Smoking cigarettes produces short and long-term effects in the lives of smokers. ¹In many cases people continue to smoke. Cancer of the lungs develops. ²A person’s lifespan is reduced. This is because the lungs get choked up. ³Smoking is dangerous. Male smokers live 13.2 years less than non-smoking males and female smokers less than 14.5 years than their non-smoking counterparts. Cigarette smoke is dangerous even for those who do not smoke. ⁴Blood cells are affected by smoke. Harm is caused as there is always a risk for non-smokers. ⁵There is a risk to the health of unborn babies. Harmful chemicals pass through a mother’s bloodstream directly into an unborn baby’s body. ⁶Men and women should realize the dangers of smoking and quit the habit. They can reduce their chances of getting cancer.

1. Use “when” to combine sentence group 1.

2. Use “due to the fact that” to combine sentence group 2.

3. Use “as” to combine sentence group 3.

4. Use “because” to combine sentence group 4.

5. Use “since” to combine sentence group 5.

6. Use “in view of this” to combine sentence group 6.

Answers

1. In many cases, when people continue to smoke, cancer of the lungs develops.

2. Due to the lungs becoming choked up, a person’s lifespan is reduced.

3. As smoking is dangerous, male smokers live 13.2 years less than non-smoking males and female smokers less than 14.5 years than their non-smoking counterparts.

4. Because blood cells are affected by smoke, harm is caused as there is always a risk for non-smokers.

5. There is a risk to the health of unborn babies since harmful chemicals pass through a mother’s bloodstream directly into an unborn baby’s body.

6. In view of the dangers of smoking, men and women should quit the habit and reduce their chances of getting cancer.