Thursday, 28 June 2018

EF2/3 Sentence combining


Combine these short sentences into one longer sentence.  Then combine them in four other different ways.

Canada is a country.
Canada is very large.
Canada is a wealthy country.
Canada has almost 36 million people.



Possible answers:

1) Canada is a very large, wealthy country with a population of almost 36 million people. SIMPLE

2) Canada is a very large and wealthy country, and it has a population of almost 36 million people. COMPOUND

3) Although Canada is very large and wealthy, it has a population of less than 36 million people. COMPLEX- ADVERB CLAUSE

4) Canada, which is a very large and wealthy country, has a population of less than 36 million people. COMPLEX- ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

5) 36 million people live in Canada, which is a very large and wealthy country. COMPLEX- ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

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