a. The exhibits for insects and spiders are across the hall from the fossils exhibit. [Invert the sentence.]
b. Sayuri becomes a successful geisha after growing up desperately poor in Japan. [Move the adverb clause to the beginning of the sentence.]
c. It is interesting to consider what caused Mount St. Helens to erupt. Researchers believe that a series of earthquakes in the area was a contributing factor. [Change the first sentence to a question.]
d. Ice cream typically contains 10 percent milk fat. Premium ice cream may contain up to 16 percent milk fat and has considerably less air in the product. [Combine the two sentences as a compound sentence.]
e. The economy may recover more quickly than expected if home values climb. [Move the adverb clause to the beginning of the sentence.]
1. The Dust Bowl farmers, looking wearily into the cameras of US government
photographers, represented the harshest effects of the Great Depression. [Move the participial phrase to the beginning of the sentence.]
2. The Trans Alaska Pipeline was completed in 1977. It has moved more than fifteen billion barrels of oil since 1977. [Combine the two sentences into a complex sentence.]
3. Mr. Guo habitually dresses in loose clothing and canvas shoes for his wushu workout. [Move the adverb to the beginning of the sentence.]
4. A number of obstacles are strategically placed throughout a firefighter training maze. [Invert the sentence.]
5. Ian McKellen is a British actor who made his debut in 1961 and was knighted in 1991, and he played Gandalf in the movie trilogy The Lord of the Rings. [Make a simple sentence. See also 64a.]