pellias:

1 quick question on Sentence Combining using While


Betty was singing a song. Betty was playing in the garden.

A) Betty was singing a song while she was playing in the garden.

B) Betty was singing a song while playing in the garden.

Is A or B more correct ? I think both seems to be ok, but teachers always are very particular about 1 model answer...

Hi pellias,

I agree with the above. The answer would very likely be (A) as when it comes to Synthesis and Transformation, you need to be precise in your answer without changing the meaning. Option (A) is the better answer as it replaces ‘Betty’ with the pronoun ‘she’ to make it unambiguous. The conjunction ‘while’ is used to indicate that the two separate clauses occur at the same time and done by the same person in this case.

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One of the most commonly made mistakes is the choice between ‘I’ and ‘me’. For example:
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2) Mummy baked cookies for Henry and I/me as we were planning to head to the park.

There is a very simple rule that you can follow, which is the ‘COVER-UP RULE’.

In the 1st example, to decide whether it’s ‘I’ or ‘me’, cover or remove the phrase ‘Felix and’. You will then realise that ‘I’ is the answer.
Similarly for the 2nd example, cover or remove ‘Henry and’. You will see that ‘Mummy baked cookies for me’ and not ‘Mummy baked cookies for I’.

Cover/Remove the additional person in the question and you will find the answer. Piece of cake!

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