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  1. While Dad was sleeping, we decorated the house for his birthday party.

 

  1. Just as Terri came in the door, the phone rang.

 

  1. Before the sun sets, I need to mow the lawn.

 

  1. That art paper that you are using really soaks up ink.  

 

  1. Do you know when the train will arrive?

 

  1. After it was all over, my dad claimed he knew we were planning something, but we think he was really surprised.

 

  1. Although he is now 79 years old, he still claims to be 65.

 

  1. As it happens, you are right and I am wrong.

 

  1. Before Julia planned his garden, he made a sketch of the layout.

 

  1. Cuba’s capital is Havana, and this beautiful city has been the center of Cuban culture since 1552.

 

  1. I liked this movie best; it was more exciting than the others.

 

  1. Is Julia the one who went to Australia for spring break?

 

  1. It rained, but we marched in the parade anyway.

 

  1. Janet read the book Stuart Little and reported on it in English class last Friday. We were exhausted, but we arrived in time for my father's birthday party.

 

  1. John is on the soccer team, and his brother plays basketball.

 

  1. Mr. Edwards will lead the singing, for Mrs. Jones is ill.

 

  1. My dad and I like tacos, and we’re making them for dinner.

 

  1. Some trees and shrubs live thousands of years.

 

  1. The clock’s minute hand is moving, but the second had has stopped. 

 

  1. The heavy branches of an oak tree hung over our table and shaded us from the sun.

 

  1. We drove from Connecticut to Tennessee in one day.

 

  1. When bees collect pollen, they fertilize the plants that they visit.

 

  1. When you are looking at a work by Monet, stand back at least fifteen or twenty feet.
 
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