Sentences Warm-Up

As cold weather approaches, you must protect your water pipes against freezing, or they can rupture and cause significant damage to your home.

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An avid reader, Andy attends weekly book club meetings, and he finishes several novels every month.

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During last night's thunderstorm, a flurry of tiny hailstones danced across the roof of our house.

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Lyla is a competitive horseback rider, and she will be competing in the next World Equestrian Games, which are held every four years.

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The platypus has venom-producing glands, which are rare among mammals, but its venom is not generally lethal to humans.

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Since it takes approximately one thousand years for a used printer cartridge to decompose, recycling these plastic ink dispensers helps the environment.

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The weather forecast had predicted severe thunderstorms, but the dark, heavy thunderclouds never materialized.

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Lorraine Hansberry wrote the widely acclaimed 1959 Broadway play A Raisin in the Sun, and her accomplishment opened the door for other African American playwrights.

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After a parrotfish eats algae-covered coral, the coral travels through the fish's digestive system, and then it is deposited in the reef as white coral sand.

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Mr. Oberlander who is a teacher at CHS loves to read books. 

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