Daily Grammar 2

But the farmers were in a hurry to farm the land. The farmers often damaged the soil. 

What is the BEST way to combine these sentences?

• But the farmers were in a hurry to farm the land, so the farmers often damaged the soil. 

• But in the farmers’ hurry to farm the land; the farmers often damaged the soil. 

• But in their hurry to farm the land, the farmers often damaged the soil. 

• But the farmers hurried to farm the land; farmers often damaged the soil. 

What is the BEST way to rewrite the following sentence using more precise details? 

• The students lined up outside. 

• The children lined up after recess. 

• Because the teacher blew the whistle, the sweaty students lined up to go inside. 

• Although they did not want to the sweaty students lined up to go inside.