EL 172 RW Unit 2 Exercise 4 p.

8-9/14

1. Self-confidence is a key entrepreneurial attribute. You have to be confident your product is
something the world needs and that you can deliver it to be better than your competition. "You
have to have a lot of self-confidence. Be willing to take a risk, but be conservative," says Jason
Apfel, founder of FragranceNet.com, an e-commerce site for beauty products. Apfel didn't know
anything about the beauty world when he started the company, but he was confident that he could
create a good website to sell such products. "I thought that selling a product online at the most
competitive price would work," he says. His company has beat well-funded competitors and
receives $145 million in yearly sales.
Adapted from: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/230350

Topic: Self-confidence
Main idea: Self-confidence is a key entrepreneurial attribute.
2. For domestic travel, consider national parks toward the end of August, Ms. Frommer says.
"Many schools now start in August, so a lot of very popular family destinations like national parks
and the communities that surround them become empty in the last two weeks in August," and hotel
and other prices drop as a result, she says. However, if your dates are firmly in June or July,
consider destinations less traveled during the U.S. summer. Going to Mexico, the Caribbean or
other popular winter destinations can bring your travel costs down, particularly on hotel stays, says
Cindy Nelson, a manager at Carlson Wagonlit Travel in Minneapolis. "Hoteliers will discount their
rates in the summer to attract visitors there," she says. For European travel, go in May, September
or October. Same goes for Alaska. "It's a really popular summer destination," Ms. Nelson says.
Alaskan cruises in September "generally will be better priced than the midsummer dates."
Traveling at the right time helps you to save on travel expenses.

Adapted from: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles
Topic: Traveling at the right time / A Tip for Saving on Travel Expenses
Main idea: Traveling at the right time helps you to save on travel expenses.
3. On our planet, and probably on other planets where life exists, life and water have been
companions since life first began. There are single-celled organisms that live their whole lives in
just enough water to be on one grain of sand. Some species of algae are found only on the melting
surfaces of pieces of ice. Certain species of bacteria and certain blue-green algae can tolerate the
boiling-hot water of hot springs. In the desert, plants race through an entire life cycle, from seed to
flower to seed again, after just one rainfall. In the jungle, the water cupped in the leaves of a
tropical plant forms a microcosm in which a variety of small organisms are born, grow, and die. We
are interested in whether the soil of Mars and the thick atmosphere surrounding Venus contain
water because we want to know whether life is there.
-- Helena Curtis

Topic: Life and Water
Main idea: On our planet, and probably on other planets where life exists, life and water have
been companions since life first began.






EL 172 RW Unit 2 Exercise 5 p. 11/14


__S___1. The Golden Gate Bridge is a great accomplishment of modern engineering.
Reason:
One single independent clause (main clause)
The Golden Gate Bridge (S.)
is (linking verb)
a great accomplishment of modern engineering (complement = n.)

__CX__2. After you have finished writing your essay, please give it to me.
Reason:
One independent clause and one dependent clause (subordinate clause)
please give it to me (independent clause)
After you have finished writing your essay (dependent clause = using After as a
subordinating conjunction)

__CC__3. My father, who is a professional golfer, plans to enter the U.S. Open competition, but he
doesnt expect to win.
Reason:
Two independent clauses and one dependent clause
who is a professional golfer (dependent clause = using who as a subordinating
conjunction)
My father plans to enter the U.S. Open competition (independent clause)
, but he doesnt expect to win (independent clause = using but as a conjunction)

__CP__4. Paloma enjoys backpacking, but her husband enjoys staying at a luxurious hotel.
Reason:
Two independent clauses
enjoys backpacking, but her husband(independent clauses = using but as a
conjunction)

__CX__5. If couples decided to have fewer children, then the population growth in the United
States would slow down.
Reason:
One independent clause and one dependent clause
If couples decided to have fewer children, (dependent clause = using if as a
subordinating conjunction)
then the population growth in the United States would slow down. (independent
clause)












EL 172 RW Unit 2 Exercise 6 p. 12/14


1. My best friend________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________(simple)
One independent clause:

My best friend is nice. (subject complement = adj.)
My best friend is a nice person. (subject complement = n.)

2. My best friend________________________________________________________

___________________________, so_____________________________________
__________________________________________________________(compound)
Two independent clauses with conjunction (so):

My best friend doesnt like gossiping, so we never talk bad about other people.
My best friend tried to help me in writing skill, so I had a little present for her.

3. When my best friend___________________________________________________
___________________________,___________________________________________________
________________________________________________(complex)
One dependent clause and one independent clause with subordinating conjunction
(when):

When my best friend was in trouble, I tried my best to help her.
When my best friend needs someone to talk to, I am always there.

4. When my best friend___________________________________________________

___________________________,___________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
___________________________, so_____________________________________
__________________________________________________(compound-complex)
One dependent clause with subordinating conjunction (so) and two independent
clauses with conjunction (when):

When my best friend got lost, I didnt know how to help her, so I called the police.
When my best friend was in soccer team, she always had a late night practice, so she often
stayed over at my place.