11. I fly. I will bring earplugs. (the next time)
12. I will text you. We land. (as soon as)
13. I get my bags. I will meet you in the passenger-loading zone. (just as soon as)
14. I flew this airline. My bags were lost. (the first time)
15. I will be happy to stretch my legs. We get off the plane. (once)
16. We land. We will have been on the plane for ten hours. (by the time)
Answer (1)
In this exercise, you are asked to form complex sentences by combining two independent clauses using appropriate conjunctions or transitional phrases. This will help emphasize the relationship in time between the two events described in each pair of sentences. Here are the answers for each set of sentences:
I fly. I will bring earplugs. (the next time)
Next time I fly, I will bring earplugs. This emphasizes a future action (bringing earplugs) based on a learned experience or event (flying).
I will text you. We land. (as soon as)
I will text you as soon as we land. This sentence implies that the action of texting will occur immediately after the landing takes place.
I get my bags. I will meet you in the passenger-loading zone. (just as soon as)
Just as soon as I get my bags, I will meet you in the passenger-loading zone. Here, the action of meeting follows closely after retrieving the bags.
I flew this airline. My bags were lost. (the first time)
The first time I flew this airline, my bags were lost. This sentence uses 'the first time' to indicate the order of events, emphasizing that losing bags happened on the initial flight with the airline.
I will be happy to stretch my legs. We get off the plane. (once)
I will be happy to stretch my legs once we get off the plane. This sentence implies that the ability to stretch is dependent on disembarking from the plane.
We land. We will have been on the plane for ten hours. (by the time)
By the time we land, we will have been on the plane for ten hours. This construction links the duration of time spent on the plane with the subsequent landing.
