Expanding and Combining Sentences

Tuesday is going to be so much fun. I am going to Nari's house.

• Tuesday is going to be so much fun because I am going to Nari's house.

• Tuesday is going to be so much fun and I am going to Nari's house.

• Tuesday is going to be so much fun but I am going to Nari's house.

• Tuesday is going to be so much or I am going to Nari's house.

What is the BEST way to expand this sentence?

Nancy wrote a song.

• Nancy wrote a song about school.

• Nancy wrote a funny song.

• Nancy wrote a humorous song about surviving high school.

• Nancy's favorite song is about getting through tough times at high school.

The student was in the 5th grade.

The student wouldn't stop talking.

The student's behavior disturbed the other students.

Choose the sentence that BEST combines these details.

• The student in the 5th grade wouldn't stop talking and disturbed the other students.

• The 5th grader wouldn't stop talking and the talking disturbed the other students.

• Since the 5th grader wouldn't stop talking, he disturbed the other students.

• The 5th grader wouldn't stop talking because he disturbed the other students.

Part of the test was about conjunctions. The part about conjunctions was long. The type of conjunctions were correlative. Select the BEST sentence that combines these details.

• The part of the test about correlative conjunctions was long.

• The part of the correlative conjunctions was a long test.

• The correlative conjunction part of the test was a long part.

• The long test included a part on correlative conjunctions.

Which answer choice correctly combines the two sentences below?

The tree swayed in the wind. The tree did not break.

• The tree swayed in the wind but did not break.

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• The tree, in the wind, swayed, without breaking.

• The tree swayed in the wind, the tree did not break.

• The tree did not break, when the tree swayed in the wind

Which answer choice correctly combines the two sentences below. The tree swayed in the wind. The tree did not break.

• The tree swayed in the wind but did not break.

• The tree, in the wind, swayed, without breaking.

• The tree swayed in the wind, the tree did not break.

• The tree did not break, when the tree swayed in the wind.

Which answer choice correctly combines the two sentences below?

Her kite looks like an airplane. That cloud looks like an airplane.

• Her kite and that cloud look like airplanes.

• Her kite looks like that cloud that looks like an airplane.

• Her kite looks like an airplane or that cloud looks like an airplane.

• Her kite and that cloud looks like an airplane.

a sentence that contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction is

• a simple sentence

• a compound sentence

• a complex sentence

• an incomplete sentence

Which answer choice correctly combines the two sentences below into a compound sentence?

• I like chocolate ice cream, or my friend likes strawberry.

• I like chocolate ice cream, but my friend likes strawberry.

• I like chocolate ice cream, my friend likes strawberry.

• I like chocolate ice cream my friend likes strawberry.

Which answer choice correctly combines the two sentences below into a compound sentence?

• We can go to the concert, so we can go to the game.

• We can go to the concert, we can go to the game.

• We can go to the concert we can go to the game.

• We can go to the concert, or we can go to the game.