Combine the following sentences by changing the italicized group of words into a gerund or gerund phrase. then write the complete sentence in the paragraph box. 1.) i lost my wallet. this caused me great inconvenience. (i lost my wallet. is italicized) 2.) we cut our own tree at christmas time, and this is a special celebration in our home. (we cut our own tree at christmas time is italicized)

1) Losing my wallet caused me great inconvenience.

In this example we changed the sentence “I lost my wallet” into a gerund phrase “Losing my wallet”. The new gerund phrase becomes the subject of the rest of the sentence “caused me great incovenience”

2) Cutting our own tree at Christmas time is a special celebration in our home.

In the second example we changed the sentence  “We cut our own tree at Christmas time” into a gerund phrase  “Cutting our own tree at Christmas time”. The new gerund phrase also becomes the subject of the predicate “is a special celebration in our home”.  

In both examples, we changed the main verbs of the italicized sentence into gerunds: “lost” for “losing” and “cut” for “cutting”.

the answer is most likely c. it shows us that the rules that the pigs make can change on a whim whenever it suits the pigs purpose.

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