Lost for Words

Join these ideas together into a single sentence, using ‘although’ or ‘though’.

Lost for Words

Join these ideas together into a single sentence, using ‘although’ or ‘though’ (or some other concessive). There may be many ways to do this: think of several, and choose the best.

1 She liked Clarissa. She could never think of anything to say to her.

2 Mrs Ambrose stood quite still. She stood much longer than is natural. The little boys let her be.

3 She was slightly eccentric in appearance. She was not untidy. Mrs Dalloway saw it with relief.

Based on sentences in the novels of Virginia Woolf (1882-1941).

Originals

1 She could never think of anything to say to Clarissa; though she liked her. [from ‘Mrs Dalloway’]

2 Although Mrs Ambrose stood quite still, much longer than is natural, the little boys let her be. [from ‘The Voyage Out’]

3 Mrs Dalloway saw with relief that though slightly eccentric in appearance, she was not untidy. [from ‘The Voyage Out’]

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