ACT Lesson 21: Subordinating Conjunctions

1.  On the practice run for the upcoming car race, the Alfa Romeo driver ran the track in under thirty seconds as the other drivers couldn’t break the minute mark.

2.  One would think that Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third President of the United States, a colonel in the union army, would have little to fear. But the former president was responsible for having electricity inside the White House, even though he harbored a fear of being electrocuted. Since that fear, he would never touch the light switches himself.

3.  It’s not as if the preliminary hearing holds any bearing on the case, though—the verdict will be decided by the testimony of the witnesses during the actual trial. 

1. After a recent expedition uncovered a new species in the Amazon, our investors were thrilled that their financial backing benefited everyone involved.

2. My father likes to reminisce about "family time," which were those summer evenings, because the dinner table had been cleared and board games were set up.

3. Growing up with a twin gave me the strong impression that I had a special relationship with my sibling. For one thing, we share a unique sense of humor hat no one else in our family has. We quickly became best friends as we grew older, and we have stayed close, even though our careers have taken us o different parts of the country.