Rewriting Sentences to Compound and Complex

Which would be the best way to rewrite these sentences as a complex sentence without changing the meaning?

The girl played soccer. She hurt her leg.

• The girl played soccer, but she hurt her leg.

• The girl played soccer and hurt her leg.

• Even though she hurt her leg, the girl played soccer.

• The girl hurt her leg at soccer.

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Which of these shows the BEST way to make a compound sentence using the two sentences below?

It is my mom's birthday. We are going out to dinner.

• It is my mom's birthday, but we are going out to dinner.

• It is my mom's birthday since we are going out to dinner.

• My mom has a birthday dinner, and we will have cake.

• It is my mom's birthday, so we are going out to dinner.

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Choose the sentence that shows the BEST way to combine these two sentences without changing the meaning.

My mom was tired. We couldn't go to the park.

• We couldn't go to the park because my mom was tired.

• My mom was tired yet we couldn't go to the park.

• My mom was tired because we didn't go to the park.

• My mom was tired of the park.

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Which one is a compound sentence?

• The girl has a new dress and new shoes.

• Our class needs a good cleaning every day.

• Those kids didn't have permission to go in there, but they did it anyway.

• Although it is cold outside, our teacher said we can have recess.

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Which complex sentence shows the BEST way to join these sentences without changing their meaning?

I studied for three hours. I knew the test would be hard.

• Since I knew the test would be hard, I studied for three hours.

• I studied for three hours, but I knew the test would be hard.

• The test would be hard so it didn't matter how long I studied.

• I studied for three hours and had a good breakfast before the hard test.

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Which is the complex sentence?

• She ate the ice cream and the cake.

• She ate the ice cream after she ate the cake.

• She ate cake, ice cream, and cookies.

• The ate the ice cream, but she didn't eat the cake.

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Which sentence uses a subordinating conjunction?

• I wore a sweater since it was cold outside.

• She wore a sweater and a scarf.

• I wanted pizza, but my brother wanted hamburgers.

• Is it my turn yet?

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How can I combine these to make the BEST compound sentence?

We played board games. It's not warm enough to play outside.

• We played board games, so it's not warm enough to play outside.

• It's not warm enough to play outside since we played board games.

• It's not warm enough to play outside, so we played board games.

• We played board games although it's not warm enough to play outside.

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What are the FANBOYS?

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Write a sentence combining these two sentences without changing the meaning.

The dog didn't eat his food. He was missing his owner.

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