Sentence+Combining+Worksheet


 * Simple Sentence Combining Worksheet **
 * Combine the following sentences with a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so). **
 * 1) She went to work. She did not want to go. **
 * She went to work, but she did not want to go. **


 * 2) The scientists trained him well. They helped him find a job when his training was through. **
 * The scientists trained him well and they helped him find a job when his training was through. **


 * 3) Polar bears are fierce, territorial animals. Grizzly bears are the same. **
 * Polar bears are fierce, territorial animals and grizzly bears are the same. **


 * 4) Mark told me not to come with him. He looked longingly at me as I left. **
 * Mark told me not to come with him but, he looked longingly at me as I left. **


 * 5) I will not give in to you. I will not let you push me around **
 * I will not give in to you, nor will I let you push me around. **


 * 6) He loves to drive during the day. They will let him drive before 9pm. **
 * He loves to drive during the day so they will let him drive before 9pm. **


 * 7) My cat was hungry. It had not eaten since breakfast. **
 * My cat was hungry, for it had not eaten since breakfast. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8) They couldn’t think of anything better to do. They decided to baby-sit for the family. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They couldn’t think of anything better to do, so they decided to baby-sit for the family. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">9) A book can be a lot of fun to read. A book can be boring. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A book can be a lot of fun to read, but a book can be boring. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10) That movie looks great! I would love to come see it with you. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">That movie looks great! I would love to come see it with you. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">‍Sentence combining Using Subordinating Conjunctions **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Combine the following sentences with a subordinating conjunction (after all, although, because, before, however, therefore). This may require a semicolon! **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11) They made plans to go. They ended up not being able to make it. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They made plans to go however, they ended up not being able to make it. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">12) Some say that dogs are friendlier than cats. Cats can also be extremely loving. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Some say that dogs are friendlier than cats however, cats can also be extremely loving. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">13) What we’ve accomplished is a milestone. Let’s raise our glasses for a toast. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What we’ve accomplished is a milestone therefore, let’s raise our glasses for a toast. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">14)Dr. Johnson ate a big meal. He went to work afterward. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Johnson ate a big meal however, he went to work afterward. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">15) I simply cannot get out of bed. I am too tired. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> I simply cannot get out of bed because, I am too tired. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">16) Don’t give me a hard time. We’ve been close friends for so long. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Don’t give me a hard time after all, we’ve been close friends for so long. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">17) We don’t believe the way you do. Our culture is very different from yours. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We don’t believe the way you do therefore, our culture is very different from yours. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">18) I can’t believe that you would do something so crazy. If I were you I might do the same. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I can’t believe that you would do something so crazy although, if I were you I might do the same. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">9) The two weren’t always this close. When she died, they became closer. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The two weren’t always this close although, when she died, they became closer. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">20) I refused to talk about it. I was put in jail. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I refused to talk about it because, I was put in jail. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">‍Sentence combining with Subjects and Verbs **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The following sentences share either the same subject or the same verb. Combine the sentences however you can. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">21) Mr. Brown walked to the store. His pet monkey Ralph walked along with him. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Brown walked to the store and his pet monkey Ralph walked along with him. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">22) The cactus is thirsty. The cactus is not getting enough sunlight. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The cactus is thirsty because, the cactus is not getting enough sunlight. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">23) My mug was in the cupboard. My mug is no longer in the cupboard. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">23) My mug was in the cupboard but, my mug is no longer in the cupboard. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">24) Drew’s dog jumped into the air. Janine’s dog jumped into the air as well. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Drew’s dog jumped into the air therefore, Janine’s dog jumped into the air as well. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">25) The book fell to the floor. It opened to a page I had never read before. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The book fell to the floor and, It opened to a page I had never read before. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">26) Your face has scars on it. Your face looks friendly. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your face has scars on it but, your face looks friendly. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">27) Why did you say that word? It was extremely rude. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why did you say that word because, it was extremely rude. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">28) Everyone is lying to me! They’re trying to keep me from learning what they know. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Everyone is lying to me because, they’re trying to keep me from learning what they know. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">29) Stop dancing like that. Sit back down in your chair. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stop dancing like that, and sit back down in your chair. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">30) Thomas’ friends seemed so strange. They were hanging up every time they called. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thomas’ friends seemed so strange because, they were hanging up every time they called. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A. l. We caught two bass. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. We hauled them in briskly. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. We hauled them in as though they were mackerel. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. We pulled them over the side of the boat. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. We did not use a landing net. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Our manner was businesslike. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. We stunned them with a blow on the back of the head. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Without using a landing net we caught two bass, hauled them in briskly like mackerel, stunned them with a blow to the back of the head, and put them over the side of the boat. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-- E.B. White **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">B. l. The doctor's eye roved across the landscape. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. His eye detected a figure. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. His eye was quick. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. The figure was in black. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. The figure passed through the gate. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. The gate led to the field. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. The gate led down toward the pond. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The doctors quick eye detected a figure dressed in black, walking through the gate that led to the field and the pond. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--D.H. Lawrence **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">C. l. Mrs. Lang saw herself as a counselor. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Mrs. Lang saw herself as wise and helpful. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. She appeared on her neighbor's doorstep. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. She appeared at the first hint of trouble. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. She was armed with a treasure-trove of cliches. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. She was armed with a repertory of sad looks. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. She was armed with a jar of fig preserves. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mrs. Lang saw herself as a wise and helpful counselor, she appeared at her neighbor’s doorstep at the first hint to trouble, armed with a treasure-trove of cliches, a repertory of sad looks, and a jar of fig preserves. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">D. l. Two men dozed. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. The two men were young. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. The two men were in the class. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. They succumbed to fatigue. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. They succumbed to boredom. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. They succumbed to the stuffiness of the classroom. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. The classroom was crowded. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. They barely heard the voice of the instructor. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">9. The instructor detailed with enthusiasm. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10. The instructor detailed the horrors of the Black Death. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Two young men dozed in a crowded class, for they had succumbed to fatigue, boredom, and the stiffness in the classroom, they barley heard the instructor explain the horrors of the black death. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">E. l. There is a spider. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. The spider is bulbous at the abdomen. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. The spider is drab in color. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. The spider is in the bathroom. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. The spider has a web. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. The web is six inches in diameter. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. The web is in the corner. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. The corner is behind the toilet. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">9. The web is torn. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10. An earwig is trapped in the web. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11. Corpses are on the floor beneath the web. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">12. The corpses are the spider's kill. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">13. Most of the corpses are sow bugs. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">14. Three of the corpses are spiders. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">15. Two of the corpses are moths. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">16. The moths' corpses are wingless. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The drab and bulbous spider is in his torn six inch net, in the corner behind the toilet; an earwig is trapped in the web, there are many of the spiders wingless kills are beneath the web, most are sow bugs, but three are spiders, and two are moths. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-- Annie Dillard **