Combining Sentences

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• She hugged me and she kissed me with tears in her eyes.

• Mom had tears in her eyes as she hugged and kissed me.

• She was hugging and kissing me which she had tears in her eyes.

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• Having trouble changing the tire, the policeman decided and helped Collette.

• Collette was struggling to change the tire, so the policeman decided to help her.

• The policeman decided to help Collette having trouble changing the tire.

People lived in small groups of about a hundred people. They were primarily hunters. They followed herds of mammals such as the woolly mammoth, mastodon, and bison from one place to another for the food and skin the animals provided. A mammoth looked like an elephant. A mammoth was bigger.
What is the correct way to write sentences 19 and 20? 

• A mammoth looked like an elephant, but was bigger. 

• A mammoth looked like an elephant but it was bigger. 

• A mammoth looked like an elephant, it was bigger. 

• Sentences 19 and 20 are correct in the paper. 

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.

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 16 & 17? The question is asking us to...

• Select an answer that makes sense

• Select the best answer that makes sense

• Select only the answer with a conjunction

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 9 and 10? (9) He made his way steadily down. (10) A grin began to spread over his face.

• Since he made his way steadily down with a grin, it began to spread over his face.

• He made his way steadily down because a grin began to spread over his face.

• As he made his way steadily down, a grin began to spread over his face.

• He made his way steadily down a grin began to spread over his face.

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 1 and 2?

• I sat and looked on my front step and across the street.

• I sat on my front step and looked across the street.

• I sat on my front step, and I looked across the street.

• I sat and looked on my front step across the street.

Combine the following sentences: The sun set. The sky turned orange.

• A) The sun set, and the sky turned orange.

• B) The sun set because the sky turned orange.

• C) The sun set, so the sky turned orange.

• D) The sun set turning the sky orange.

Combine the following sentences: She opened the book. She began to read.

• A) She opened the book and began to read.

• B) She opened the book, she began to read.

• C) She opened the book because she began to read.

• D) She opened the book, so she began to read.

Combine the following sentences: The cat slept on the mat. It was warm and cozy.

• A) The cat slept on the mat, it was warm and cozy.

• B) The cat slept on the mat because it was warm and cozy.

• C) The cat slept on the mat, so it was warm and cozy.

• D) The cat slept on the mat and it was warm and cozy.