Governor Brown wants to move adult education programs in California to community colleges to consolidate services and reduce duplication. However, the proposed $300 million budget for this transition is not enough to fully fund the move. Additionally, while the governor is proposing this change, the state legislature would need to vote to approve actually transitioning adult education to community colleges.

1. “Adult Education in
Limbo in California”
Sentence Completion
Exercises

2. Gerry Brown wants to
move adult education to
community colleges.

3. Gerry Brown wants to
move adult education to
be moved to community
colleges.

4. Gerry Brown wants to
move community college
to adult education.
(grammar OK, meaning
wrong, half credit)

5. Cierra Craig is a young
mother who wants to go
back to high school.

6. Cierra Craig is a young
mother that made a
wrong choice.

7. To pay for adult school
programs in the community
college system the governor
proposes a budget of $300
million, but that is not enough
money. (Compound sentence)

8. To pay for adult school
programs in the community
college system the governor
proposes a budget of $300
million, which is not enough
money for the whole state.
(adjective clause)

9. Both community
colleges and adult
schools have long
offered ESL classes;
however, they are not
the same.

10. Both community
colleges and adult
schools have long
offered ESL classes;
therefore, Brown thinks
that there is duplication
of services.

11. If I use “even though” or “in
spite of the fact that”:
In spite of the fact that both
community colleges and adult
schools have long offered ESL
classes, the serve different
levels and different kinds of
classes.

12. “In spite of” is a preposition—
after it you need a noun or
noun phrase:
I spite of the Governor’s
opinion, this will still need to
be a law passed by the state
legislature.

13. While the governor
proposes money for
community colleges to
pay for adult classes, a
lot of people disagree
because it’s not enough.

14. Even though the
governor wants to make
a change, a lot of people
disagree with him.

15. Even though the
governor wants to make
a change, the legislature
in Sacramento still has
to vote.