Ex.7+1-30+and+Ex.3+A-E

Simple Sentence Combining Worksheet
Combine the following sentences with a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

1) She went to work. She did not want to go. She went to work, but she did not want to go. 2) The scientists trained him well. They helped him find a job when his training was through. The scientists trained him well, and they helped him find a job when his training was through. 3) Polar bears are fierce, territorial animals. Grizzly bears are the same. Polar bears are fierce, territorial animals, for grizzly bears are the same. 4) Mark told me not to come with him. He looked longingly at me as I left. Mark told me not to come with him, yet he looked longingly at me as he left. 5) I will not give in to you. I will not let you push me around. I will not give in to you, nor I will not let you push me around. 6) He loves to drive during the day. They will let him drive before 9pm. He loves to drive during the day, so they will let him drive before 9pm. 7) My cat was hungry. It had not eaten since breakfast. My cat had not eaten since breakfast and was hungry. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8) They couldn’t think of anything better to do. They decided to baby-sit for the family. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">They couldn’t think of anything better to do, so they decided to baby-sit for the family. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">9) A book can be a lot of fun to read. A book can be boring. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">A can can be a lot of fun to read, but a book can be boring <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10) That movie looks great! I would love to come see it with you. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">That movie looks great, and I would love to come see it with you!

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 31px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sentence Combining Using Subordinating Conjunctions
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Combine the following sentences with a subordinating conjunction (after all, although, because, before, however, therefore). This may require a semicolon!

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11) They made plans to go. They ended up not being able to make it. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">They made plans to go, although they ended up not being able to make it. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">12) Some say that dogs are friendlier than cats. Cats can also be extremely loving. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Some say that dogs are friendlier than cats, however cats can also be extremely loving. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">13) What we’ve accomplished is a milestone. Let’s raise our glasses for a toast. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">What we’ve accomplished is a milestone, therefore let’s raise our glasses for a toast. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">14) Dr. Johnson ate a big meal. He went to work afterward. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> Dr. Johnson ate a big meal, before he went to work afterward. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">15) I simply cannot get out of bed. I am too tired. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">I simply can’t get out of bed, because I am too tired. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">16) Don’t give me a hard time. We’ve been close friends for so long. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Dont give me a hard time, after all we’ve been friends for so long. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">17) We don’t believe the way you do. Our culture is very different from yours. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">We don’t believe the was you do, after all our culture is very different from yours. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">18) I can’t believe that you would do something so crazy. If I were you I might do the same. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> I can’t believer that you would do something so crazy, although if I were you I might do the same. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">19) The two weren’t always this close. When she died, they became closer. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> The two weren’t always this close, however when she died, they became closer. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">20) I refused to talk about it. I was put in jail. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">I was put in jail, therefore I refuse to talk about it.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 31px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sentence Combining with Subjects and Verbs
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The following sentences share either the same subject or the same verb. Combine the sentences however you can.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">21) Mr. Brown walked to the store. His pet monkey Ralph walked along with him. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Brown walked to the store, and his pet monkey Ralph walked along with him. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">22) The cactus is thirsty. The cactus is not getting enough sunlight. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">The cactus is thirsty, even though the cactus is not getting enough sunlight. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">23) My mug was in the cupboard. My mug is no longer in the cupboard. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">My mug was in the cupboard, but my mug is no longer in the cupboard. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">24) Drew’s dog jumped into the air. Janine’s dog jumped into the air as well. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Drew’s dog jumped into the air, so did Janine’s dog. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">25) The book fell to the floor. It opened to a page I had never read before. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">The book fell to the floor, and it opened to a page I had never read before. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">26) Your face has scars on it. Your face looks friendly. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Your face has scars on it: your face looks friendly <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">27) Why did you say that word? It was extremely rude. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Why did you say that word, because it was extremely rude. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">28) Everyone is lying to me! They’re trying to keep me from learning what they know. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Everyone is lying to me, therefore they’re trying to keep me from learning what they know. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">29) Stop dancing like that. Sit back down in your chair. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Stop dancing like that, and sit back down in your chair. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">30) Thomas’ friends seemed so strange. They were hanging up every time they called. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Thomas’ friends seemed so strange, and they were hanging up every time they called.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Example": <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">l. The students were diligent. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. The students followed their professor's instructions. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. The students wrote in their journals. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. The students wrote every day.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Single sentence": Diligently following their professor's instructions, the students wrote in their journals every day.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Exercises": <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A. l. We caught two bass. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. We hauled them in briskly. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. We hauled them in as though they were mackerel. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. We pulled them over the side of the boat. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. We did not use a landing net. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Our manner was businesslike. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. We stunned them with a blow on the back of the head.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We hauler two bass in briskly, as thought they were mackerel over the side of the boat without a landing net, and stunned them with a blow to the back of the head.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-- E.B. White <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">B. l. The doctor's eye roved across the landscape. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. His eye detected a figure. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. His eye was quick. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. The figure was in black. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. The figure passed through the gate. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. The gate led to the field. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. The gate led down toward the pond.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The doctor’s eye roved across the landscape. and was quick to detect a figure passing through a gatethat led to a field.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--D.H. Lawrence

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">C. l. Mrs. Lang saw herself as a counselor. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Mrs. Lang saw herself as wise and helpful. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. She appeared on her neighbor's doorstep. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. She appeared at the first hint of trouble. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. She was armed with a treasure-trove of cliches. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. She was armed with a repertory of sad looks. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. She was armed with a jar of fig preserves.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mrs. Land saw herself as a wise and helpful counselor, and appeared on her neighbours doorstep at the first hint of trouble, armed with a treasure-trove of cliches, a repertory of sad and a jar of fig perserves.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">D. l. Two men dozed. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. The two men were young. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. The two men were in the class. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. They succumbed to fatigue. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. They succumbed to boredom. 6. They succumbed to the stuffiness of the classroom. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. The classroom was crowded. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. They barely heard the voice of the instructor. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">9. The instructor detailed with enthusiasm. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10. The instructor detailed the horrors of the Black Death.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Two young men dozed, because they succumed to fatigue, boredom and stuffiness of the class room they could barely hear the voice of the enthusiastic instructor.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">E. l. There is a spider. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. The spider is bulbous at the abdomen. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. The spider is drab in color. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. The spider is in the bathroom. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. The spider has a web. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. The web is six inches in diameter. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. The web is in the corner. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. The corner is behind the toilet. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">9. The web is torn. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10. An earwig is trapped in the web. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11. Corpses are on the floor beneath the web. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">12. The corpses are the spider's kill. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">13. Most of the corpses are sow bugs. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">14. Three of the corpses are spiders. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">15. Two of the corpses are moths. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">16. The moths' corpses are wingless.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> There is a spider that’s bulbous at the abdomen and drab in colour in the corner behind the toilet, and it has a web that’s 6 inches in diameter with an earwig trapped in it, also corpses on the floor beneath it from the spider's kills.