SentenceCombining:TheBasics

Combinethefollowingsentenceswithacoordinatingconjunction(for,and,nor,but,or,yet,so).
1)Shewenttowork.Shedidnotwanttogo.
2)Thescientiststrainedhimwell.Theyhelpedhimfindajobwhenhistrainingwasthrough.
3)Polarbearsarefierce,territorialanimals.Grizzlybearsarethesame.
4)Marktoldmenottocomewithhim.HelookedlonginglyatmeasIleft.
5)Iwillnotgiveintoyou.Iwillnotletyoupushmearound.
6)Helovestodriveduringtheday.Theywilllethimdrivebefore9pm.
7)Mycatwashungry.Ithadnoteatensincebreakfast.
8)Theycouldntthinkofanythingbettertodo.Theydecidedtobabysitforthefamily.
9)Abookcanbealotoffuntoread.Abookcanbeboring.
10)Thatmovielooksgreat!Iwouldlovetocomeseeitwithyou.

SentenceCombining:UsingSubordinatingConjunctions
Combinethefollowingsentenceswithasubordinatingconjunction(afterall,although,because,before,however,
therefore).Thismayrequireasemicolon!
11)Theymadeplanstogo.Theyendedupnotbeingabletomakeit.
12)Somesaythatdogsarefriendlierthancats.Catscanalsobeextremelyloving.
13)Whatweveaccomplishedisamilestone.Letsraiseourglassesforatoast.
14)Dr.Johnsonateabigmeal.Hewenttoworkafterward.
15)Isimplycannotgetoutofbed.Iamtootired.
16)Dontgivemeahardtime.Wevebeenclosefriendsforsolong.
17)Wedontbelievethewayyoudo.Ourcultureisverydifferentfromyours.
18)Icantbelievethatyouwoulddosomethingsocrazy.IfIwereyouImightdothesame.
19)Thetwowerentalwaysthisclose.Whenshedied,theybecamecloser.

20)Irefusedtotalkaboutit.Iwasputinjail.

SentenceCombining:SubjectsandVerbs
Thefollowingsentencesshareeitherthesamesubjectorthesameverb.Combinethesentenceshoweveryoucan.
21)Mr.Brownwalkedtothestore.HispetmonkeyRalphwalkedalongwithhim.
22)Thecactusisthirsty.Thecactusisnotgettingenoughsunlight.
23)Mymugwasinthecupboard.Mymugisnolongerinthecupboard.
24)Drewsdogjumpedintotheair.Janinesdogjumpedintotheairaswell.
25)Thebookfelltothefloor.ItopenedtoapageIhadneverreadbefore.
26)Yourfacehasscarsonit.Yourfacelooksfriendly.
27)Whydidyousaythatword?Itwasextremelyrude.
28)Everyoneislyingtome!Theyretryingtokeepmefromlearningwhattheyknow.
29)Stopdancinglikethat.Sitbackdowninyourchair.
30)Thomasfriendsseemedsostrange.Theywerehangingupeverytimetheycalled.

SentenceCombining:Paragraphs
Combineasmanysentencesasyoucaninthefollowingparagraph,usingtheaboveexamplestoguideyou.
TheBostonRedSoxwerethreegamesdown.TheRedSoxhadtowinthenextfourgamestoadvance.Fanswere
worried.BostonhadnotwonaWorldSeriessince1918.Noteamhadevercomebackintheplayoffsfroma
threegamedeficit.Allofthefansknewthis.RedSoxfanswatchedanxiouslyasthefourthgameoftheALCS
began.Yankeesfanswatchedconfidently.Theyalsoknewthatanythingcouldhappen.Peoplewantedtowatcha
goodseries.Theydidnotexpectittobesuchanailbiter!DavidRobertsstolesecondbase.Thismovewouldbe
rememberedastheturningpointoftheseries.NobodybelievedtheRedSoxwouldwinthatyear.TheRedSoxwon
thatyear.TheYankeeswouldnotwintheWorldSeriesforanotherfiveyears.In2009,theYankeeswontheWorld
Series.