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ACTIVITY 6 Common Error 8.3

In each paragraph below, some subjects and verbs are missing from the adverb clauses and independent
clauses. Fill in the blanks with the missing words or phrases from the box above the paragraph.

are has most people the empty space is

1. While the human body several billion atoms,
it also contains a vast amount of empty space. In fact, there is so much empty space
that once all removed, the remaining atoms
no bigger than a sugar cube. Another interesting fact about
these atoms is that they are present in everything on the planet. However, there are different types of

atoms, although are only familiar with a few of them.

obtain rubs the bees they cannot obtain they can produce the pollen

2. Plants and bees need each other to survive. The bees eat the plant pollen, and the plants
need the bees to transfer the pollen from plant to plant. When
eat the pollen, coats their bodies and their faces. Then

the bees fly to other plants because enough pollen
from just one plant. When the bees land on the next flower, the pollen from the other plant
onto the new plant. Plants need this new pollen so that
new fruit.

is is not it scientists that is these problems

3. Light pollution is a problem because prevents
people from seeing the night skies clearly. Although

a problem, it the only problem light pollution causes.
Light pollution also causes some health problems. For example, light pollution prevents people
from creating enough melatonin. While melatonin
necessary for healthy sleep cycles, it may also be important for other things. For example,

is possible that melatonin helps to strengthen immune
systems since have found links between health problems
such as obesity, depression, and certain cancers and too much artificial light at night. Although
might be a result of unhealthy sleep patterns, scientists are

studying melatonin’s other effects on the body.

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