Build the sentence

Gapping and Shared Elements in Coordination —
Build the Sentences.

Arrange the tiles to build a grammatical sentence. Keep punctuation attached and leave out the extra word.

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Question 1

Build the sentence: _____

Options: because, She selected wool, and he, cotton.

Question 2

Build the sentence: _____

Options: He will discuss staffing, and she, funding., discusses

Question 3

Build the sentence: _____

Options: prefers, I prefer silence, and she, music.

Question 4

Build the sentence: _____

Options: She has been studying law, and he, medicine., studies

Question 5

Build the sentence: _____

Options: because, He works upstairs, and she, downstairs.

Question 6

Build the sentence: _____

Options: He became treasurer; she, secretary., becoming

Question 7

Build the sentence: _____

Options: took, She has listened and taken notes.

Question 8

Build the sentence: _____

Options: He can swim and hold his breath., holding

Question 9

Build the sentence: _____

Options: supplying,, She requests, and I supply, documentation.

Question 10

Build the sentence: _____

Options: She endorses, but I object to, privatisation., of,

Practice Gapping and Shared Elements in Coordination — Build the Sentences with this interactive sentence-building exercise of 10 questions. Tap the words into the correct order to build each sentence, then submit to check your answers and get detailed feedback on every sentence.

Practicing grammar in real sentences — rather than memorising rules in isolation — is one of the most effective ways to make a structure stick. You can retry as many times as you like to build accuracy and confidence using Gapping and Shared Elements in Coordination — Build the Sentences in everyday English.

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