Sentence Combining

Coordinating Conjunctions

Original sentences:

I like collecting toys. It is a lot of fun to me.

Combined sentences:

I like collecting toys, and it is a lot of fun to me.

Compound Predicates

Original sentences:

I love to read. I hate to play game.

Combined sentences:

I love to read but hate to play game.

Conjunctive Adverbs and Transitional Expressions

Original sentences:

Eat too much food is not healthful. This behavior have to stop right now.

Combined Sentences:

Eat too much food is not healthful; therefor, this behavior have to stop right now.

Subordination Strategies

Original sentences:

Good hobbies can help us develop good character.
This behavior have to keep doing.

Combined Sentences:

Because good hobies can help us develp good character, this behavior have to keep doing.

Relative Pronouns

Original sentences:

My classmate owns a store in town. The store sells handmade soaps and handmade cakes.

Combined sentences:

My classmate owns a store in town that sells handmade soaps and handmake cakes.

Appositives

Original sentences:

The landlord is very nice. He is a middle-ager.

combined snetences:

The landlord, a middle-ager, is very nice.

Verbal Phrases

Infinitive phrase
Original sentences:

I wanted to get a high score. I had to study my homework.

Combined sentence:

To get a high score, I had to study my homework.

Present participial phrase
Original sentences:

The weather was getting a rain. I left school early.

Combined sentence:

Getting a rain, I left school early.

Past participial phrase
Original sentences:

Kam was tired of his school. kam told his tutor that he was quitting.

Combined sentence:

Tired of his school, Kam told his tutor that he was quitting.