English 11 Sentence Combining "Moving Day"

KERNEL- main sentence

1. We had not been looking forward to the move.
 It was the smoothest in memory.
What's the relationship? How do they interact?
How do we best combine the meanings?

How do we show that opposition in the ideas? SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX?

We had not been looking forward to the move, but it was the smoothest in memory. BASIC COMPOUND
We had not been looking forward to the move; however, it was the smoothest in memory. BASIC COMPOUND

We had not been looking forward to the move; happily, it was the smoothest in memory.

We had not been looking forward to the move; surprisingly, it was the smoothest in memory.

It was the smoothest in memory even though we had not been looking forward to the move. COMPLEX- ADV CL

The move was the smoothest in memory even though we had not been looking forward to it.

2. KERNEL
We picked up the rented truck at 8 oclock and drove to the apartment. SIMPLE

We picked up the rented truck at 8 oclock, and we drove to the apartment. COMPOUND

We picked up the rented truck at 8 o''clock;  then next later on shortly after that, we drove to the apartment.

after that
afterwards
in no time
immediately

After we picked up the rental truck, we drove to the apartment for 8 o'clock. COMPLEX- ADV CL

3. Our timing was perfect: no one else was moving which meant the elevator was free.

: colon 
She has three kids: two boys and a girl.

4. Four of us carried, positioned, and tied the furniture into the truck in less than an hour. SIMPLE

Four of us carried, positioned, and tied the furniture into the truck; this took less than an hour. COMPOUND

Four of us carried, positioned, and tied the furniture into the truck which took less than an hour. COMPLEX


SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX

5. Because the move was fast enough, the plants didn't go into shock; in fact, they did well.

Even the plants did well; the move was fast enough that they didn't go into shock.

The plants did well and didn't go into shock because the move was fast enough.

6. We were at the house at ten o'clock, and then people really flew into action. COMPOUND

fly into action = get busy quickly

At ten o'clock, we really flew into action at the house. SIMPLE

7. The truck was empty within two hours; afterwards, we were sitting on the deck eating lunch, turning moving day into a house-warming party. COMPOUND

High-value writing
Concise
Has a lot of meaning
Grammatical
SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX