Combining Sentences

What is the correct way to write sentences 15 and 16?

• You had the best video game collection of anyone, stop worrying! 

• You have the best video game collection of anyone, so stop worrying! 

• You having the best video game collection of anyone so stop worrying! 

• Sentences 15 and 16 are correct in the paper. 

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People lived in small groups of about a hundred people. They were primarily hunters. They followed herds of mammals such as the woolly mammoth, mastodon, and bison from one place to another for the food and skin the animals provided. A mammoth looked like an elephant. A mammoth was bigger.
What is the correct way to write sentences 19 and 20? 

• A mammoth looked like an elephant, but was bigger. 

• A mammoth looked like an elephant but it was bigger. 

• A mammoth looked like an elephant, it was bigger. 

• Sentences 19 and 20 are correct in the paper. 

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• Julio learned how to ride his bike without training wheels after he rides without any help.

• Julio learned how to ride his bike without training wheels, he would now ride without any help.

• Julio learned how to ride his bike without training wheels, and he rides without any help.

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• When Katherine jumped up and ran to the stage, she looked so surprised.

• Katherine jumped surprised and ran to the stage.

• Katherine jumped and ran looking surprised to the stage.

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What is the BEST way to combine sentences 2 and 3?

• She can’t wait to play Zoo Madness, so she skips through the introduction and gets right to the action.

• She can’t wait to play Zoo Madness because she skips through the introduction and gets right to the action.

• She can’t wait to play Zoo Madness, she skips through the introduction and gets right to the action.

• She can’t wait to play Zoo Madness, and she skips through the introduction, and she gets right to the action.

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What is the most effective way to combine sentences 24 and 25?

• Since he made his way steadily down with a grin, it began to spread over his face.

• He made his way steadily down because a grin began to spread over his face.

• As he made his way steadily down, a grin began to spread over his face.

• He made his way steadily downs a grin began to spread over his face.

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How can you combine these sentences to create a complex sentence? "The sun set. The children went home."

• The sun set, and the children went home.

• The sun set, but the children went home.

• The sun set, so the children went home.

• The sun set, or the children went home.

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What is the best way to combine sentences 36 and 37?

• We went straight to our room, we crumpled up our robot diagrams and tossed the paper wads into the trash.

• We went straight to our room, crumpled up our robot diagrams, and tossed the paper wads into the trash.

• We went straight to our room, and we crumpled up our robot diagrams we tossed the paper wads into the trash.

• The sentences are already written correctly.

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Choose the option that correctly combines the sentences into a complex sentence. "He forgot his friend's birthday. He felt very guilty."

• He forgot his friend's birthday, and he felt very guilty.

• He forgot his friend's birthday, but he felt very guilty.

• He forgot his friend's birthday, so he felt very guilty.

• He forgot his friend's birthday because he felt very guilty.

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What is the BEST way to combine sentences 3 and 4?

• Early each morning the cool air from the ocean. Comes in and hits the warm coastal air.

• Early each morning. The cool air, from the ocean, comes in, and hits, the warm coastal air.

• Early each morning, cool air from the ocean comes in and hits the warm coastal air.

• Early each morning cool air from the ocean comes in, and hits the warm coastal air.

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