Revising Sentences Review #1

What is the best way to combine these two sentences into a simple sentence?

Margaret will be thirteen years old.

Her birthday is in March.

• Margaret's birthday is in March, and she will be thirteen.

• Margaret will be thirteen on her March birthday.

• Margaret will be thirteen years old in March.

• On her March birthday, Margaret will be thirteen.

What is the BEST way to combine these sentences?

I will have a juicy steak for dinner. I will have a loaded baked potato for dinner.

• I will have a juicy steak, and a loaded potato for dinner.

• I will have a juicy steak and a loaded potato for dinner.

• I will have a juicy steak for dinner, I will have a loaded potato for dinner.

• For dinner, I will have a juicy steak, and I will have a loaded bake potato for dinner.

What is the most effective way to rewrite these sentences?

Bella dropped her ice cream cone. It landed on her new shoes.

• Bella dropped her ice cream cone, nor it landed on her new shoes.

• Bella dropped her ice cream cone it landed on her new shoes.

• Bella dropped her ice cream cone, but it landed on her new shoes.

• Bella dropped her ice cream cone, and it landed on her new shoes.

What is the BEST way to combine these sentences?

The chocolate icing is creamy. The vanilla icing is too stiff.

• The chocolate icing is creamy or the vanilla icing is too stiff.

• The chocolate icing is creamy, but the vanilla icing is too stiff.

• The chocolate icing is creamy, the vanilla icing is too stiff.

• The chocolate icing is creamy bu the vanilla icing is too stiff.

What is the BEST way to combine these sentences?

Jack swung the bat. He missed the ball.

• Jack swung the bat, he missed the ball.

• Jack swung the bat, yet he missed the ball.

• Jack swung the bat he missed the ball.

• Jack swung the bat, for he missed the ball.

Read the sentences. What is the best way to combine the two?

She likes reading. She likes math.

• She likes reading math.

• She likes reading and math.

What is the best way to combine these sentences into a compound sentence?

These flowering plants are beautiful. Each requires special care.

• These flowering plants are beautiful, but each requires special care.

• These flowering plants are beautiful, so each requires special care.

• These flowering plants are beautiful, for each requires special care.

• These flowering plants are beautiful, or each requires special care.

Which of the following sentences can be added to the end of a paper to close it more effectively?

• In conclusion, laughter is the best medicine!

• Laughter is the best medicine.

• First of all, everyone should laugh every day.

• This shows that laughter keeps people healthy!

Choose the sentence that is clear and effective.

• Being content is about being satisfied and content.

• Being content is about being satisfied with what you have.

• Being satisfied with what you have is satisfied.

• Being satisfied is having content.

Choose the sentence that is written clearly and effectively.

• The title and theme of Boundin is to be yourself.

• Boundin has a theme and its theme is to be yourself.

• The title is Boundin and the theme is to be yourself.

• The theme of Boundin is to be yourself.