Wednesday, 12 December 2012

EF 2/3 Sentence combining exercises


Jim and Ann like pizza. *
Both Ann and Jim like pizza. *
Ann likes pizza, and Jim likes pizza too.
Ann likes pizza; also, Jim likes pizza.
Ann likes pizza; furthermore, Jim likes pizza.
Abby, Luis and Carl all play soccer together every weekend.
OXFORD COMMA- YOUR CHOICE
Both the bus and the sky train arrived late because of the snow.
Is the Jeep or the Honda on sale?
Are the Jeep and the Honda on sale?
Kam Wong, Sara Smith, Pam Singh, and Ron Adams were all at the party.
Kam Wong and Sara Smith were at the party; also, Pam Singh and Ron Adams went too.
Kam Wong and Sara Smith were at the party; also, Pam Singh and Ron Adams went there too.
Kam Wong and Sara Smith were at the party; also, Pam Singh and Ron Adams were there too.
His daughter, son, and wife all needed the car Friday morning.
Jim likes pizza and beer.
Jim likes pizza, and he also likes beer.
Jim likes expensive wine, but he also likes beer.
Abby plays soccer and hockey every weekend; also, he plays pool every weekend.
The bus arrived late and picked up five angry passengers.
The bus that picked up five angry passengers was late.
The bus was late, so it picked up five angry passengers.
The five passengers (that the bus picked up adjective clause) were angry (because the bus was late adverb clause).
Jane parked the car, walked into the video store, and rented two movies.
Jane parked the car and walked into the video store; then she rented two movies.
Jane parked the car and walked into the video store.  Then she rented two movies.

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