Combining Sentences
Jim is a pretty normal person with some extraordinary abilities. He is known as the leaping lizard.
a) Jim is a pretty normal person with some extraordinary abilities, who is known as the leaping lizard.
b) Jim, also known as the leaping lizard, is a pretty normal person with some extraordinary abilities.
b) Jim, also known as the leaping lizard, is a pretty normal person with some extraordinary abilities.
There are an assortment of valuable minerals found in the Black Hills. Unfortunately, we don't have the technology to mine them.
a) The Black Hills are located in West Virginia.
b) Within the next several years, we should.
b) Within the next several years, we should.
Called Dr. J, Julius Erving, one of the greatest basketball players ever, once dunked a basketball from the free throw line once.
a) No change
b) Julius Erving, called Dr. J, one of the greatest basketball players ever, once dunked a basketball from the free throw line.
a) No change
The dog barked and the cat barked too!
a) no change
b) The dog barked, and the cat barked too!
b) The dog barked, and the cat barked too!
The class got in trouble for talking. There were too many people in the class.
a) There were too many people in the class, they got in trouble for talking.
b) There were too many people in the class, and they got in trouble for talking.
b) There were too many people in the class, and they got in trouble for talking.
I once knew a man named Bill. He lived at the top of a hill.
a) He wanted to muster, the strength to fight Custer, but he couldn't muster the will.
b) The hill was as green as the skin of a spleen left outside to fester and spill.
a) He wanted to muster, the strength to fight Custer, but he couldn't muster the will.
The whale thundered its tail against the ship and Ahab commanded the harpooners, who were twenty feet away and they were shaking, to charge.
a) no change
b) Ahab commanded the harpooners who were twenty feet away and shaking to charge because the whale thundered its tail against the ship.
c) The whale thundered its tail against the ship, and Ahab commanded the harpooners who were twenty feet away, shaking and ready to charge.
c) The whale thundered its tail against the ship, and Ahab commanded the harpooners who were twenty feet away, shaking, and ready to charge.
The pack of dogs bark at the stranger on the other side of the fence.
a) no change
c) change bark to barks
c) change bark to barks
Many movies have been made by that director. He is a hard-working man.
a) Many movies have been made by that hard-working director.
b) Many movies have been made by that director who is a hard-working man.
a) Many movies have been made by that hard-working director.
Founded in 1326, the flamingo exhibit at the San Antonio Zoo smells like an armpit. The enclosure is 16x16 feet with with a concrete floor. It has a small plastic swimming pool in the corner.
a) At the back of the enclosure a large sign reads, "don't feed the birds."
b) Plastic swimming pools can be bought at HEB for about $20.
a) At the back of the enclosure a large sign reads, "don't feed the birds."
Ender and Elie are kindred spirits who each wanted to be a voice for the forgotten.
a) no change
b) Ender and Elie, kindred spirits, each wanted to be a voice for the forgotten.
b) Ender and Elie, kindred spirits, each wanted to be a voice for the forgotten.
The students were chatting and throwing their books all over the classroom.
a) no change
b) The students were chatting, and throwing their books all over the classroom.
a) no change
The actors took a bow. They were still wearing their costumes.
a) Still wearing their costumes, the actors took a bow.
b) The actors took a bow, and they were still wearing their costumes.
a) Still wearing their costumes, the actors took a bow.
The musician was ridiculously good, but his band was terrible. You should have seen the drummer. He just banged with no rhythm, as if he had no connection to the band.
a) Drums are terribly difficult, requiring both coordination and understanding.
b) It was embarrassing.
b) It was embarrassing.
When Telemachus and Juliet who was Professor Capulet's daughter got married there was confusion throughout the literary world.
a) no change
b) When Telemachus and Juliet - Professor Capulet's daughter - got married, there was confusion throughout the literary world.
c) There was confusion throughout the literary world and Telemachus and Juliet got married, and she was Professor Capulet's daughter.
b) When Telemachus and Juliet - Professor Capulet's daughter - got married, there was confusion throughout the literary world.
At 6 AM as I drink my fourteenth cup of coffee and complete a thousand page novel the sun rises like a peach spilling across the sky.
a) At 6 AM, as I drink my fourteenth cup of coffee and complete a thousand page novel, the sun rises like a peach spilling across the sky.
b) At 6 AM, as I drink my fourteenth cup of coffee, and complete a thousand page novel, the sun rises like a peach spilling across the sky.
a) At 6 AM, as I drink my fourteenth cup of coffee and complete a thousand page novel, the sun rises like a peach spilling across the sky.
The boat sprayed water onto the beach. The beach was crowded with sunbathers.
a) The beach was crowded with sunbathers, and the boat sprayed water onto them.
b) The boat sprayed water on the beach crowded with sunbathers.
b) The boat sprayed water on the beach crowded with sunbathers.
Teachers will soon be replaced by smartphone apps. By 2017, Round Rock ISD plans to cut 250 teachers from their payroll by giving students access to iteach. What should be added between the two above sentences:
a) Smartphone apps can do just about anything, from provide quality instruction, to word processing, to games.
b) Near the end of 2013, NoLearn, a San Jose based company, unveiled iteach, a $ .99 smartphone application designed as an alternative for expensive human teachers.
b) Near the end of 2013, NoLearn, a San Jose based company, unveiled iteach, a $ .99 smartphone application designed as an alternative for expensive human teachers.
People often forget that Romeo, who was a Montague, and Ender, who had a game, when they were younger liked to hang out in space which is infinitely big.
a) no change
b) People often forget that Romeo, a Montague, and Ender, who had a game, liked to hang out in infinitely big space when they were younger.
c) People often forget that Romeo Montague and Ender, who had a game, when they were younger, liked to hang out in space, which is infinitely big.
b) People often forget that Romeo, a Montague, and Ender, who had a game, liked to hang out in infinitely big space when they were younger.
How many characters (including spaces), are allowed in the short answer and the expository essay?
Expository: 1750 Short Answer: 675