Grammar: Combining Sentences

Front

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 1 and 2? (1) I sat on my front step. (2) I looked across the street.

Back

I sat on my front step, and looked across the street.

Front

What is the BEST way to combine these sentences? The chocolate icing is creamy. The vanilla icing is too stiff.

Back

The chocolate icing is creamy, but the vanilla icing is too stiff.

Front

What is the most effective way to rewrite these sentences? Bella dropped her ice cream cone. It landed on her new shoes.

Back

Bella dropped her ice cream cone, and it landed on her new shoes.

Front

What is the BEST way to combine these sentences?
Tomorrow may be sunny. Tomorrow may be partly cloudy.

Back

Tomorrow may be sunny, or partly cloudy.

Front

What is the BEST way to combine these sentences? Ted searched for his jacket. It was nowhere to be found.

Back

Ted searched for his jacket, but it was nowhere to be found.

Front

What is the BEST way to combine these sentences? I will have a juicy steak for dinner. I will have a loaded baked potato for dinner.

Back

I will have a juicy steak, and a loaded potato for dinner.

Front

Combine the sentences to make a compound sentence: It is time for lunch. I am not hungry.

Back

It is time for lunch, but I am not hungry.

Front

Combine the sentences to make a compound sentence: I could have a cookie for snack. I could have an apple for snack. Use a conjunction such as and, but, or.

Back

I could have a cookie for snack, or I could have an apple.

Front

I wanted a game for my birthday. My sister gave me a new shirt.

Back

I wanted a game for my birthday, but my sister gave me a new shirt.

Front

What is the BEST way to combine these sentences?
Jack swung the bat. He missed the ball.

Back

Jack swung the bat, but he missed the ball.