Download ROMAN 2 – sentence combo

ROMAN 2 – sentence combo
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Romans built aqueducts.
These carried water.
The water was clean.
The water came from 25 miles away.
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The water was used for drinking.
The water was used for cleaning.
the water was used for bathes.
The bathes were public.
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Romans visited public baths.
They did this every day.
They did this after work.
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The bathhouses provided food.
The bathhouses provided drink.
The bathhouses provided entertainment.
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Bath houses had furnaces.
They made the rooms very hot.
[because] People liked to sweat.
They did this before their bath.
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Roman towns were buried.
Vesuvius erupted in AD 79.
But archaeologists uncovered them.
Archaeologists found streets and houses.
They found bakeries and shops.
They found barbershops and laundries.
They found 120 lunch bars.
In the country slaves faced a hard life.
Slaves worked fields.
They cleared forests.
They labored in mines.
Farmers played an important role.
They provided food for the huge Roman army.
Farmers also fed the millions of people.
The people lived in the cities.
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Romans wore togas on special occasions.
The togas were made of silk or wool.
A toga was three times longer than the wearer.
Roman men wore their hair short.
They wore it curly.
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They went to hairdressers.
They used curling irons.
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Roman men wore make up.
Roman men wore lots of gold jewelry.
Roman men wore lots of bronze jewelry.
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The Coliseum was in Rome.
It held 50,000 people.
It had cells and corridors below.
The cells held wild animals.
Slaves were trained as gladiators.
They fought each other.
They fought wild animals.
Gladiators faced extreme dangers.
Gladiators seldom lived through more than 2 fights.
The people loved danger.
They watched chariot races.
The people loved sea battles.
The Romans flooded the Coliseum for these battles.
Charioteers were dragged to death.
Charioteers were trampled by horses.
Spectators cheered wildly.
They had no respect for human life.
People were cruel.
People were viscous.
Centurions were high-ranking army officers
They carried brass staffs.
They used the staffs to beat legionaries.
Legionaries were also called soldiers.
They served under the centurions.
Romans conquered other tribes.
They made the healthy men serve as auxiliaries.
Auxiliaries were the lowest ranking soldiers.
Auxiliaries fought on the front line in battles.
The front line was dangerous.
Hadrian was the emperor of Rome in AD 122.
He ordered the legionaries to build a huge wall.
The wall connected the east and west coasts of Britain.
Many forts were built along this wall.
PLEASE COMBINE THE FOLLOWING SETS OF SENTENCES; TRY TO AVOID FORMS OF BE.
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There is a legend about Romulus and Remus.
It says they were abandoned.
They were left on the banks of the Tibre River.
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They were raised by an animal.
The animal was a wolf.
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Romulus founded Rome.
He did this in 753 BC.
He did this with the help of the gods.
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He plowed a trench.
It was the shape of the new city.
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He killed Remus.
This happened during a fight.
[because] They both wanted to be king.
PLEASE COMBINE THE FOLLOWING SETS OF SENTENCES; TRY TO AVOID FORMS OF BE.
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Archaeologists discovered a tribe.
They were farmers.
They were called Latini.
They lived nearly 4000 years ago.
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By 146 BC Rome controlled all trade.
The trade was in the Mediterranean.
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Rome felt strong enough to expand.
The Roman army captured villages.
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The Romans destroyed homes.
Old people were killed.
Healthy villagers were sold as slaves.
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Some masters treated slaves kindly.
Other masters treated slaves like animals.
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Roman towns were buried.
Vesuvius erupted in AD 79.
But archaeologists uncovered them.
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Archaeologists found streets and houses.
They found bakeries and shops.
They found barbershops and laundries.
They found 120 lunch bars.
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In the country slaves faced a hard life.
Slaves worked fields.
They cleared forests.
They labored in mines.
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Farmers played an important role.
They provided food for the huge Roman army.
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Farmers also fed the millions of people.
The people lived in the cities.
PLEASE COMBINE THE FOLLOWING SETS OF SENTENCES; AVOID FORMS OF BE.
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Masters branded many slaves.
The brands were on the forehead.
The brands were on the legs.
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By 100 AD houses and apartments crowded Rome.
Public baths and shops crowded Rome.
Rome was the largest city in the world.
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The Empire gave free grain.
It was given to the poor.
But sometimes the grain ran out.
This caused horrible riots.
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The Roman way of life depended upon slavery.
Millions of slaves lived in Rome.
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The slaves did most of the work.
They led miserable lives.