Exercises

	Writing Handbook Exercises

Forming Appositives Combine the two sentences, turning the bold-faced sentence into an appositive. Punctuate the new sentence with commas or dashes as you see fit. Write your finished sentences in the blanks provided. example: The Canadian contribution to the Kosovo air campaign was small when compared to the massive US deployment. Eighteen CF-18 aircraft took an active part in the bombing. The Canadian contribution to the Kosovo air campaign - eighteen CF-18 aircraft took an active part in the bombing -* was small when compared to the massive US deployment.*

5. Commander George Stephen was of a rare breed. Commander Stephen was a master mariner with nearly twenty years at sea before the war.


5. George Stephen, a master mariner with nearly twenty years at sea before the war, was of a rare breed.