Grammar Lesson 10

What is the best way to combine the sentences below?

"The city park needed new picnic shelters. Volunteers came from all over the city."

• Volunteers came from all over the city, but the city park needed new picnic shelters.

• Volunteers came from all over the city, until the city park needed new picnic shelters.

• When the city park needed new picnic shelters, volunteers came from all over the city.

• The city park needed new picnic shelters, when volunteers came from all over the city.

What is the best way to combine the sentences below?

"The mayor gave a speech. The volunteers began their work."

• The mayor gave a speech, and the volunteers began their work.

• Then the mayor gave a speech, the volunteers began their work.

• Since the volunteers began their work, the mayor gave a speech.

• The volunteers began their work, throughout the mayor gave a speech.

What is the best way to combine the sentences below?

"The volunteers were surprised at the size of the job. Not a single on quit."

• the volunteers were surprised at the size of the job, until not a single one quit.

• The volunteers were surprised at the size of the job, when not a single one quit.

• Not a single on quit, and the volunteers were surprised at the size of the job.

• Although the volunteers were surprised at the size of the job, not a single one quit.

What is the best way to combine the sentences below?

"The weather became cold and damp. The volunteers continued to work."

• The weather became cold and damp, or the volunteers continued to work.

• The weather became cold and damp, so the volunteers continued to work.

• The weather became cold and damp, but the volunteers continued to work.

• The weather became cold and damp, when the volunteers continued to work.

What is the best way to combine the sentences below?

"One crew set up a canvas tarp overhead. That helped keep the workers warm."

• One crew set up a canvas tarp, or that helped keep the workers warm.

• One crew set up a canvas tarp, and that helped keep the workers warm.

• One crew set up a canvas tarp, but that helped keep the workers warm.

• One crew set up a canvas tarp until that helped keep the workers warm.

What is the best way to combine the sentences below?

"The weather became too threatening. Work had to stop."

• The weather made the work stop since it was too threatening.

• When the weather became too threatening, work had to stop.

• The weather became threatening, although work had to stop.

• The weather became too threatening, then it stopped the work.

What is the best way to combine the sentences below?

"The workers waited for the weather to clear. The workers talked and drank hot coffee."

• The workers waited for the weather to clear, talked, drank hot coffee.

• The workers talked and drank hot coffee, so they waited for the weather to clear.

• While they waited for the weather to clear, the workers talked and drank hot coffee.

• Before the workers waited for the weather to clear, the workers talked and drank hot coffee.

What is the best way to combine the sentences below?

"The rain stopped before sunset. There was not enough daylight left to finish the job."

• There was not enough daylight left, it stopped before sunset, to finish the job.

• The rain stopped before sunset so there was not enough daylight left to finish the job.

• Even though the rain stopped before sunset, there was not enough daylight left to finish the job.

• Because the rain stopped before sunset, there was not enough daylight left to finish the job.

What is the best way to combine the sentences before?

"The job was not finished. The volunteers were happy with what they had accomplished."

• Since the volunteers were happy with what they had accomplished, the job was not finished.

• Although the job was not finished, the volunteers were happy with what they had accomplished.

• The job was not finished, so the volunteers were happy with what they had accomplished.

• The volunteers, until the job was not finished, were happy with what they had accomplished.

What is the best way to combine the sentences below?

"The volunteers went home then. The volunteers promised to return the next day."

• The volunteers went home then, but they promised to return they next day.

• Until they promised to return the next day, the volunteers went home then.

• Since the volunteers promised to return the next day, they went home then.

• They went home then because the volunteers promised to return the next day.