Combining Ideas

What is the best way to combine these two sentences into a simple sentence?

• Lobstering is an exciting business.

• An exciting business is lobstering.

• Lobstering is a business, and it is exciting.

• Exciting lobstering is a business.

What is the best way to combine these sentences into a compound sentence?

• Juan Ponce de Leon explored Puerto Rico, and he sailed to the area that is now Florida.

• Juan Ponce de Leon sailed north from Puerto Rico and explored the area that is now Florida.

• Juan Ponce de Leon sailed to and explored Puerto Rico and Florida.

• Juan Ponce de Leon explored the area that is now Florida and sailed to Puerto Rico.

Read the shorter sentences. Choose the sentence that best combines the ideas of the shorter sentences.

1) The boy slipped.

2) He broke his wrist.

• The boy slipped, and he broke his wrist.

• The boy slipped, yet he broke his wrist.

• The boy slipped, so he broke his wrist.

• The boy slipped, for he broke his wrist.

Read the shorter sentences. Choose the sentence that best combines the ideas of the shorter sentences.

• After we repaired the roof the leak stopped.

• The tree branch fell on the leaking roof.

• The leaking roof need to be repaired after the tree branch fell on it.

• We repaired the roof after a falling branch caused it to leak.

Read the shorter sentences. Choose the sentence that best combines the ideas of the shorter sentences.

• She ran to class, so Josslyn was 10 minutes late because her presentation was today.

• Josslyn was 10 minutes late, so her presentation was today because she ran to class.

• Josslyn was 10 minutes late, so she ran to class because her presentation was today.

• Her presentation was today, so Josslyn was 10 minutes late because she ran to class.

Read the shorter sentences. Choose the sentence that best combines the ideas of the shorter sentences.

• My favorite foods are pizza and steak and brussel sprouts.

• One of my favorite foods is pizza and the other favorite foods are steak and brussel sprouts.

• Brussel sprouts, pizza, and steak.

• My three favorite foods are pizza, steak, and brussel sprouts.

Read the shorter sentences. Choose the sentence that best combines the ideas of the shorter sentences.

• The test was a hard math test.

• The test in math class was hard math.

• The test that was in math class was hard.

• The math test was hard.

What is the best way to combine these sentences?

• Even though they are uncomfortable, safety goggles should be worn at all times.

• Even though they are uncomfortable, but safety goggles should be worn at all times.

• Even though they are uncomfortable, and safety goggles should be worn at all times.

• Sentences 7 and 8 are correct.

Read the shorter sentences. Choose the sentence that best combines the ideas of the shorter sentences.

• For the fourth-grade class hike, there were a lot of kids they wore shoes that were sturdy.

• For the fourth-grade class hike. A lot of kids wore new hiking shoes, and they were sturdy.

• For the fourth-grade hike, a lot of kids wore shoes. That were sturdy.

• For the fourth-grade class hike, a lot of kids wore sturdy shoes.

Read the shorter sentences. Choose the sentence that best combines the ideas of the shorter sentences.

• My cat is yellow, so my dog is brown.

• My cat is yellow, for my dog is brown.

• My cat is yellow, and my dog is brown.

• My cat is yellow, or my dog is brown.