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Instructions: The words in these sentences are not in order, study them carefully and try to rearrange them grammatically. The answers are at the bottom of the page
This exercise is very difficult. It starts quite simply with noun and verb phrases. However, these phrases need to be built up into compound and complex sentences. Try to remember the phrases as you make them.

1) to prefer have than up to buy to nutritional, date computer organic Many food. would an families healthy

2) organic food. nutritional, healthy

3) to date computer an up

4) prefer families Many would

5) law rests with it eating upon undoubtedly mainly can the there the of the are demand. habits seen of because associated Although supply that be blame consumer current and problems

6) demand. and the supply of law

7) mainly the consumer rests the upon blame

8) eating undoubtedly are current with there problems associated habits

9) in of food and theme been that the has value A popular quality media we the buy. nutritional the in decline the recent

10) we that food buy. the

11) the quality value nutritional and decline in the

12) recent the in A popular theme media

The answers are:
1) Many families would prefer to have an up to date computer than to buy nutritional, healthy organic food.

2) nutritional, healthy organic food.

3) an up to date computer

4) Many families would prefer

5) Although there are undoubtedly problems associated with current eating habits it can be seen that the blame rests mainly upon the consumer because of the law of supply and demand.

6) the law of supply and demand.

7) the blame rests mainly upon the consumer

8) there are undoubtedly problems associated with current eating habits

9) A recent theme in the popular media has been the decline in the quality and nutritional value of the food that we buy.

10) the food that we buy.

11) the decline in the quality and nutritional value

12) A recent theme in the popular media