ELAGSE5L3a: Expand, combine, and reduce sentences

What is the purpose of expanding a sentence?

• to give more details and information

• to make it seem fancy because it's long

• to make it longer

• to make my teacher happy

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

What is the best way to expand the underlined sentence? I am tired.

• I am tired and going to be early.

• Today was a long day at school.

• After a long day of school, I am tired and going to bed early.

• I am going to bed early tonight.

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CCSS.L.5.3A

What is the purpose of combining sentences?

• because sentences have too many details

• to make sentences longer

• because sentences are choppy, short, or have repetitive information

• to make my teacher happy

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

The underlined sentences are too short and choppy. What is the best way to combine them? I am hungry. I will eat pizza. I will play outside.

• I will play outside and eat pizza because I am hungry.

• I am hungry, so I will eat pizza and then play outside.

• I am hungry and I will eat pizza and I will play outside.

• The sentences shouldn't be combined.

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CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.W.5.2C

What type of sentence is this? After I got home from school, I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.

• Compound
• Simple
• Complex
• Compound-Complex

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.2.1F

Which of the following is the best way to punctuate this sentence?

• I was tired because I worked all day.
• I was tired, because I worked all day.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

A compound sentence is characterized by two independent clauses being joined together.

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

I can't wait to go swimming this weekend next weekend let's go hiking.

• Semicolon after weekend
• Colon after weekend
• Nothing is needed
• Both are needed

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

I really like your new shoes. Are they comfortable?

• I really like your new shoes, and are they comfortable?

• I really like your new shoes, but are they comfortable?

• I really like your new shoes, such as are they comfortable?

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

Which sentence is  NOT a compound sentence?

• Little Billy cried out to his mom, and she came running to see what was wrong.
• The hiking trail was closed, so we decided to go out for ice cream instead.
• The blue and green monster truck were in a race, and no one knew who would win.
• The costume and mask made the perfect recipe for scaring my little brother.

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E