Grammar

Grammar:

Expanding and Combining Sentences

Expanding and Combining Sentences:

Helps make writing sound better and more interesting. When you expand a sentence, you add more details. When you combine sentences, you put two sentences together to make one sentence. Example: The boy rides the bike. BORING!

I can expand the sentence in two ways, I can tell more about the subject "boy": The little boy rides the bike. Or I can add details to the predicate "rides the bike": The boy rides the red bike. The new sentence is : The little boy rides the red bike.

Expand the sentence:

My family works together.

What detail can you add to the subject "My family"?

What detail can you add to the predicate "works together"?