and the subordinate clauses. 1. Since I was five years old, I have read in bed at night.
2. For my twelfth birthday I received ―A light in the Attic‖, which is a book of poems.
3. Before I go to sleep, I sometimes read my favorite poems to my little brother.
4. As he listens to me, he closes his eyes and falls asleep.
5. When he wakes up in the morning, he usually asks about the ending of a poem.
6. I may be a writer or an editor when I grow up.
7. My Aunt Sabrina, who lives in Dallas, is a copyeditor for a newspaper.
8. If I study hard, I can become an editor, too.
9. A job as an editor makes sense for me because I love words.
10. The books that I love most sit on a special shelf in my room.