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Sentence Combining
Here's a list of useful sentence-combining techniques:
1. Glue Words
 Subordinating conjunctions: after, although, when, since, because, as, where, if,
before, until, so that, though, unless, as soon as, etc.
 Prepositions: into, on, over, below, of, beside, under, above, in, through,
beneath, around, etc.
2. WH Words:
 Relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, that (There are always
exceptions in the English language. Sorry!)
3. ING Words:
 Gerunds: ING Words which acts like a noun, e. g., "Swimming is a good exercise."
 Present participles: ING Words which acts like an adjective, e.g., "The turtle
chased the swimming boy."
Exercise 1:
Combine each of the following sentences in three different ways using Glue Words
(subordinating conjunctions and prepositions), WH Words (relative pronouns), and ING
Words (gerunds and present participles). Type your new sentences in the blank after
each question.
Example: Ginger Zigmon raises guinea pigs. She models high fashion clothing.
1. Ginger Zigmon, who raises guinea pigs, models high fashion clothing.
2. Besides modeling high fashion clothing, Ginger Zigmon raises guinea pigs.
3. Even though Ginger Zigmon models high fashion clothing, she raises guinea pigs.
4. While raising guinea pigs, Ginger Zigmon models high fashion clothing.
Your turn:
1. Suzy Steppin teaches English. She loves to read.
Use because:
Use who:
Use -ing:
2. Billie Jo Bujnowski lives in Springfield. He attends Kickapoo High School.
Use -ing:
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Use who:
Use where:
3. Tim McIntyre broke his nose. He plays badminton.
Use -ing:
Use because:
Use who:
4. Cameron hung from the tree. He held two bunches of bananas in his teeth.
Use who:
Use even though:
Use -ing:
5. The enthusiastic Celtic fans jumped to their feet. They screamed with delight.
Use who:
Use after:
Use -ing:
Exercise 2:
Combine each set of kernel sentences into one longer sentence using ING Words, Glue
Words, and WH Words. Type your new sentences after each question. Remember you
can scroll back to the list of combining words for ideas.
Example of two kernels to be combined:
Mrs. Ima Crouch was upset. She had assigned Sam a composition. The composition
contained sentence fragments.
Examples of three different resulting combinations:
1. Mrs. Ima Crouch was upset because the paper Sam wrote contained sentence
fragments. (Glue Word)
2. Sam, who wrote a paper with fragments in it, upset Mrs. Ima Crouch. (relative
pronoun = WH Word)
3. Upsetting Mrs. Ima Crouch, Sam wrote a composition containing fragments. (present
participle = ING Word)
Here's your chance:
1. Youngmi Sim took a test. Her test earned an A. She jumped over the fence. She
shouted, "Yaahoo!"
Combined:
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2. Mikyung McNerney liked to dance. She whirled around the floor. She became very
dizzy.
Combined:
3. Sophomores have trouble writing papers. Mr. Stachofsky is their teacher. He suffers.
Combined:
4. Storms swept the Colorado countryside. Constance grows tomatoes. The tomatoes
were ruined.
Combined:
5. There is a goalie. The goalie is scrappy. There is a ball. The ball is spinning. The goalie
traps the ball.
Combined:
6. There is a diver. There is a board. It is a diving board. The diver stepped. The board
bounced. The diver breathed deep.
Combined:
7. Felix meowed. Felix meowed loudly. Felix paced. Felix paced angrily. There was no
food. There was a dish. The dish was empty.
Combined:
8. Knights wore armor. The armor was heavy. Knights rode horses. Knights fought
battles. They defended the king. They rescued ladies.
Combined:
9. Jeremy has a cold. He coughs. He sneezes. He wheezes. He blows his nose. He shares
germs. He shares with everyone.
Combined:
10. The doctor is tired. He watches TV. He goes to sleep. There is a program. It
continues.
Combined:
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