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– PAUSING Within Sentences –

When you have to PAUSE within sentences (you always have to pause at the end of sentences):

  1. When you have a SECOND NAME that is not needed:
    • Our teacher, Miss Jones, is kind.
    • My mother, a nurse, works at a hospital.

  2. When you have a long word-group that is not needed:
    • Our teacher, who is kind, is still stern.
    • My mother, who is a nurse, works at a hospital.
Remember the commas ( , ) indicate where you usually pause.

 

LESSON 10

Where in these sentences do you usually pause?

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  1.This 1 book 2 a novel 3 is fun to read.   2 and 3

  2. This book, 1 which I just finished, 2 is fun 3 to read. 		 
1 and 2

  3. Paul, 1 the 2 boy next 3 door 4 has a big dog. 		 
1 and 4

  4. Paul 1 who lives 2 door 3 has 4 a big dog. 		 
1 and 3

  5. The 1 boy 2 Lincoln 3 was strong. 		 
None: no pauses.

  6. Lincoln, 1 when 2 he was a boy, 3 was very strong. 		 
1 and 3

  7. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1 when 2 he was young 3 became a preacher. 		 
1 and 3

(REPEAT ALL EXERCISES AT LEAST 3 TIMES.)

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