Revising |Combining Sentences Review

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 6 and 7?

(6) My own sister attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school. (7) She is having a hard time in math.

• My own sister is having a hard time in math attending one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school.

• My own sister, who attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school, is having a hard time in math.

• My own sister attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school, she is having a hard time in math.

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TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 15 and 16?

(15) Furthermore, the batteries in an electric car weaken over time. (16) Eventually, a person travels fewer miles between charges.

• Furthermore, the batteries in an electric car weaken over time, and eventually a person travels even fewer miles between charges.

• Furthermore the batteries in an electric car weaken over time, eventually they allow a person to travel even fewer miles between charges.

• Furthermore, the batteries in an electric car weaken over time, because they eventually allow a person to travel even fewer miles between charges.

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TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 7 and 8?

(7) After a two and-a-half-hour trip, he reached his target altitude. (8) Then he ran through an extensive checklist.

• After a two-and-a-half-hour trip, and after he reached his target altitude, he then ran through an extensive checklist.

• After a two-and-a-half-hour trip, he reached his target altitude, and then he ran through an extensive checklist.

• After a two-and-a-half-hour trip, he reached his target altitude, he ran through an extensive checklist.

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TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 10 and 11?

(10) The idea of taxation without representation is part of the reason our forefathers were determined. (11) They wanted to separate from Great Britain and form their own nation.

• The idea of taxation without representation is part of the reason our forefathers were determined, who wanted to separate from Great Britain and form their own nation.

• The idea of taxation without representation is part of the reason our forefathers were determined to separate from Great Britain and form their own nation.

• The idea of taxation without representation is part of the reason our forefathers were determined, because they separated from Great Britain and formed their own nation.

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TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 6 and 7?

(6) Scott Flansburg is an ordinary person with an extraordinary ability. (7) He is known as the “human calculator.”

• Scott Flansburg is an ordinary person with an extraordinary ability, who is known as the “human calculator.”

• Scott Flansburg, who is known as the “human calculator,” is an ordinary person with an extraordinary ability.

• Scott Flansburg is an ordinary person with an extraordinary ability, he is known as the “human calculator.”

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TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 7 and 8?

(7) He used a wheelchair to get around. (8) He communicated through a sophisticated computer system that responded to his eye movements.

• He used a wheelchair to get around and communicated through a sophisticated computer system that responded to his eye movements.

• He used a wheelchair to get around, he communicated through a sophisticated computer system that responded to his eye movements.

• He used a wheelchair to get around, which communicated through a sophisticated computer system that responded to his eye movements.

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TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 9 and 10?

(9) Some penguins would try to groom themselves. (10) They swallowed the toxic oil and died.

• Some penguins would try to groom themselves because they swallowed the toxic oil and died.

• While attempting to groom themselves, some penguins swallowed the toxic oil and died.

• Some penguins would try to groom themselves, they swallowed the toxic oil and died.

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TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 8 and 9?

(8) Bottled water may be attractively packaged. (9) It is simply processed tap water.

• Bottled water may be attractively packaged, but it is simply processed tap water.

• Bottled water is simply processed tap water because it is attractively packaged.

• Bottled water is attractively packaged, because it is simply processed tap water.

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I