Review Week 1 (Language)

Week 1 Review (Language)

By Kenneth Suazo

• ​Sentence combining is reducing two or more simple sentences into one sentence.

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• ​Two simple sentences about the same subject can be combined into one compound sentence. They can also be combined with a compound predicate .

• A simple sentence has just one clause.

• A compound sentence joins simple sentences together, using a coordinating conjunction.

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Instruction:

Identify each sentence as either simple or compound.

Multiple Choice

Maizon will attend a new school soon.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Multiple Choice

Maizon is going to Blue Hill, but Margaret will stay behind.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Multiple Choice

She will leave soon, and she still has to pack.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Multiple Choice

Maizon thinks of Margaret as her best friend in the whole world.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Multiple Choice

The friendship may end, or it may stay the same.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Instruction:

Identify the simple sentences in each compound sentences.

Multiple Choice

Ms. Tory held Margaret’s hand, but she did not speak.

• Ms. Tory held Margaret’s hand,

• but she did not speak.

Multiple Choice

Margaret will try new things, or she will stay the same.

• Margaret will try new things,

• or she will stay the same.

Multiple Choice

Next summer might be better, or it might be worse.

• Next summer might be better,

• or it might be worse.

Multiple Choice

Margaret hoped for better times, but she couldn’t count on them.

• Margaret hoped for better times,

• but she couldn’t count on them.

Instruction:

Read each pair of sentences. Then make a compound sentence by joining the two sentences with a comma and a conjunction. Write the new sentence on the space provided.

• Adding an adjective can combine two sentences that tell about the same noun. Example

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  I opened the door. The door was old.

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  I opened the old door

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• If two sentences tell about the same action, adding an adverb can combine them.

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• If two sentences tell about the same time or location, adding a prepositional phrase can combine them.

​REMEMBER

Instruction:

Read each of the two sentences and combine them into one sentence.