Sentence+Structure

=Exercise #7 = =Sentence Combining Worksheets = Knowing how to combine sentences is essential when writing. If you were unable to properly combine sentences, each sentence would be very short, simple and boring. Unfortunately, the rules for combining sentences can be somewhat complex. This worksheet helps with some examples of sentences to combine so you can get lots of practice combining sentences.

Simple Sentence Combining Worksheet
Combine the following sentences with a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).


 * 1) She went to work. She did not want to go. **

She went to work, but she did not want to go.


 * 2) The scientists trained him well. They helped him find a job when his training was through. **

The scientists trained him well, for they helped him find a job when his training was through.


 * 3) Polar bears are fierce, territorial animals. Grizzly bears are the same. **

Polar bears are fierce, territorial animals, so are grizzly bears.


 * 4) Mark told me not to come with him. He looked longingly at me as I left. **

Mark told me not to come with him, yet he looked longingly at me as I left.


 * 5) I will not give in to you. I will not let you push me around. **

I will not give in to you and I will not let you push me around.


 * 6) He loves to drive during the day. They will let him drive before 9pm. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He loves to drive during the day, so they will let him drive before 9pm.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7) My cat was hungry. It had not eaten since breakfast. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My cat is hungry, for it had not eaten since breakfast.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8) They couldn’t think of anything better to do. They decided to baby-sit for the family. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They couldn’t think of anything better to do, so they decided to baby-sit for the family.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">9) A book can be a lot of fun to read. A book can be boring. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A book can be a lot of fun to read or a book can be boring.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10) That movie looks great! I would love to come see it with you. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">That movie looks great, and I would love to come see it with you.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 31px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sentence Combining Using Subordinating Conjunctions
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Combine the following sentences with a subordinating conjunction (after all, although, because, before, however, therefore). This may require a semicolon!


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11) They made plans to go. They ended up not being able to make it. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Although they made plans to go, they ended up not being able to make it.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">12) Some say that dogs are friendlier than cats. Cats can also be extremely loving. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Some say that dogs are friendlier than cats; however, cats can also be extremely loving.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">13) What we’ve accomplished is a milestone. Let’s raise our glasses for a toast. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What we’ve accomplished is a milestone; therefore, let’s raise our glasses for a toast.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">14) Dr. Johnson ate a big meal. He went to work afterward. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Before Dr. Johnson went to work, he ate a big meal.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">15) I simply cannot get out of bed. I am too tired. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I simply cannot get out of bed because I am too tired.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">16) Don’t give me a hard time. We’ve been close friends for so long. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Don’t give me a hard time; after all, we’ve been close friends for so long.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">17) We don’t believe the way you do. Our culture is very different from yours. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We don’t believe the way you do; after all, our culture is very different from yours.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">18) I can’t believe that you would do something so crazy. If I were you I might do the same. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I can’t believe that you would do something so crazy; although, if I were you, I might do the same.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">19) The two weren’t always this close. When she died, they became closer. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The two weren’t always this close; however, when she died, they became closer

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">…

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">That was just depressing. Seriously, why not use an euphemism for “died”?


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">20) I refused to talk about it. I was put in jail. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After I was put in jail, I refused to talk about it.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 31px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sentence Combining with Subjects and Verbs
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The following sentences share either the same subject or the same verb. Combine the sentences however you can.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">21) Mr. Brown walked to the store. His pet monkey Ralph walked along with him. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Brown walked to the store with his pet monkey Ralph walking along with him.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">22) The cactus is thirsty. The cactus is not getting enough sunlight. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The cactus is thirsty, and it’s not getting enough sunlight.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">23) My mug was in the cupboard. My mug is no longer in the cupboard. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My mug was in the cupboard; now, my mug is no longer in the cupboard.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">24) Drew’s dog jumped into the air. Janine’s dog jumped into the air as well. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dew’s dog and Janine’s dog both jumped into the air.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">or...

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dew’s dog jumped into the air and so did Janine’s dog.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">25) The book fell to the floor. It opened to a page I had never read before. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The book fell to the floor and it opened to a page I had never read before.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">26) Your face has scars on it. Your face looks friendly. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your face has scars on it, yet your face looks friendly.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">27) Why did you say that word? It was extremely rude. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">That word you just said was extremely rude.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">28) Everyone is lying to me! They’re trying to keep me from learning what they know. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Everyone is lying to me because they’re trying to keep me from learning what they know.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">29) Stop dancing like that. Sit back down in your chair. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stop dancing like that and sit back down in your chair.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">30) Thomas’ friends seemed so strange. They were hanging up every time they called. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thomas’ friends seemed so strange, for they were hanging up every time they called.