Grammar U3W5

Combining Sentences with Verbs

By Valarie Flores

​Combining Sentences

Join two sentences with the same subject by combining the predicates:
I play softball. I run track.
I play softball and run track.

Combining Sentences

Combine the predicates using the word and:
Sarah bakes. Sarah cooks.
Sarah bakes and cooks.

Open Ended

The dancer slides. The dancer leaps.

Open Ended

The musicians smile. The musicians play

Open Ended

More dancers appear. More dancers twirl.

Open Ended

People stand. People cheer.

​Combining Sentences

• Verbs in combined-verb sentences must agree with their subject.
• Subjects and verbs must agree with one another in number. If a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.

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The mayor ​

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to people and ​

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them.

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Librarians ​

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to children and ​

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them about new books.

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A baseball player ​

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the ball and ​

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to first base.

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The musician ​

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songs and ​

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them, too.

Commas

• Place a comma between the day and year in a date.
• Place a comma between a street address and a city and between a town and a state in a location.
• Place a comma after the closing of a letter.

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Bears ​

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a lot of berries and then ​

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during the winter.

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The new school in ​

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Ohio will open on ​

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2015.

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The athlete ​

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ten miles each day and ​

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twenty laps.

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Each day I ​

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the newspapers and ​

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them to my customers.