STAAR Combine Sentences

He ate 4 slices of pizza. His stomach began to ache.

(Please combine the two sentences.)

• He ate 4 slices of pizza and his stomach began to ache.

• He ate 4 slices of pizza, but his stomach began to ache.

• He ate 4 slices of pizza, and his stomach began to ache.

• He ate 4 slices of pizza his stomach began to ache.

Which is the best way to combine these two sentences?

Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest. We even keep track of who wins.

• Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest. We Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest, but we even keep track of who wins.

• Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest, and we even keep track of who wins.

• Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest, yet we even keep track of who wins.

• Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest, or we even keep track of who wins.

What is the BEST way to revise this sentence?

• YouTube quickly became popular because it was easy to use and entertaining to young people.

• YouTube quickly became popular because it was easy to use, it was also entertaining to young people.

• Quickly popular because it was easy to use, YouTube was also entertaining to young people.

• Because YouTube quickly became popular, it was also entertaining to young people.

The following sentence pair should be combined to make a better sentence. Which is the best revision?

The bicycle tire is flat. The bicycle tire is on the bike.

• The bicycle tire is on the bike and the bicycle tire is flat.

• The flat bicycle tire is on the bike.

• On the bike, the bicycle tire there is flat.

• The tire on the bicycle is flat.

Choose the best conjunction to combine the sentence pair: Joe loves watching television. He hates soap operas.

• and
• but
• or

Choose the BEST way to combine sentences 3 and 4.
(1) Getting a drink isn't easy for the gecko lizard. (2) It lives on dry dessert sand dunes on the west coast of Africa. (3) Early each morning. (4) Cool air from the ocean comes in and hits the warm coastal air. 

• Early each morning the cool air from the ocean. Comes in and hits the warm coastal air.

• Early each morning. The cool air, from the ocean, comes in, and hits, the warm coastal air. 

• Early each morning, cool air from the ocean comes in and hits the warm coastal air.

• Early each morning cool air from the ocean comes in, and hits the warm coastal air.

Combine the following sentences:

1. We bought a dog.
2. We named it Fluffster.

• We bought a dog named Fluffster.

• We bought a dog and named it Fluffster.

• We bought a dog, so we named it Flufflster.

• We bought a dog because we named it Fluffster.

Which of these sentences can BEST follow and support sentence 15?

• She would help keep the rope tight and make sure Jared was safe coming down.

• Andrea had been such a good friend, and looking down at her right now made Jared think of all the fun they had had.

• Jared was feeling great and stepped back from the cliff to look around at all the beautiful scenery.

• Andrea was right there, connected to the rope that Jared was connected to at the bottom of the cliff.

Combine these two sentences. Deserts are dry. Rain is rare.

• Deserts are dry rain.

• Deserts are dry, and rain is rare.

• Deserts are dry and rain is rare.

Combine the following sentences: The cat is sleeping. The cat is on the couch.

• The cat is sleeping on the couch.

• The cat is sleeping, and the cat is on the couch.

• The cat is sleeping, but the cat is on the couch.

• The cat is sleeping because the cat is on the couch.