EF4/5 Sentence Combining Test #3

1.Sarah was skiing very quickly down the very steep mountain. SIMPLE

Sarah was skiing down the very steep mountain very quickly. OK

2. She stopped at the bottom, and the bottom was of the hill. X Stringing clauses together.
She stopped at the bottom of the hill, turned around, and looked back up.
She stopped at the bottom of the hill; then she turned around and looked back up.
After she stopped at the bottom of the hill, she turned around and looked back up. COMPLEX

3. She watched the skiers who were coming down the hill.
She watched the skiers, and the skiers were coming down the hill. X REP

She watched the skiers who were coming down the hill, and she watched for her sister's red jacket.
She watched the skiers (coming down the hill), and she watched for her sister's red jacket.

She watched the skiers coming down the hill for her sister's red jacket.

I watch the flyers for sales.

She watched the skiers who were coming down the hill and her sister who was wearing a red jacket. SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MEANING

She watched for her sister in a red jacket skiing down the hill.
She watched for her sister in a red jacket among the skiers skiing down the hill.

between = 2
among = crowd
amid = crowd (LESS COMMON)

4. Sarah lifted up her ski goggles off of her eyes and blinked.

Sarah blinked when she lifted her ski goggles off of her eyes.

5. The bright white snow reflected the sun into her eyes.

The snow which was bright and white reflected the sun into her eyes.

temporary snow blindness

6. Finally, Sarah saw her sister skiing back and forth, slowly down the hill.

Finally, Sarah saw her sister, who was skiing slowly, back and forth down the hill.

Her sister somersaulted down the hill.

The little kid fell down the stairs head over heels.

somersault (v)

cartwheel (v) (n)

The little girl skips rope.

The little boy skips down the street.

The little kid jumped in all of the puddles.

The kids played hopscotch.

The kids played tag. She said, "You're it."

The girls played house.

We played hide-and-seek.

The kids skipped stones on the pond.