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Unit 6
Activity 6c: Combine the following sentences using as, although or before.
1. ___________________ some of the boxes were big, the dockers lifted them very easily.
2. _______________________ the containers were huge, the dockers made use of cranes.
3. _____________________ the cranes lifted the containers, the dockers checked them.
4. ___________________ we wanted to know what was in these huge containers, we asked
my mother about it.
5. _______________________ there were many containers, the dockers completed their
work very quickly.
6. _______________________ they left, the dockers met their supervisor.
Remember
Conjunctions are used to join sentences:
As: To state the reason/s for something
Although: To express opposing ideas
Before: To refer to an earlier time when
something happened or was done
However: The same function as ‘but’