Combining Sentences
Janet skated onto the pond. She made a perfect figure eight.
How do we combine the sentences using a coordinating conjunction?
Janet skated onto the pond, and she made a perfect figure eight.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
I took a trip to alaska last friday.
Alaska is the name of a state--capitalize it!
Friday is a day of the week--capitalize it!
Is this a complete sentence?
After the tents are set up by the lake.
This is not a complete sentence. It is a fragment.
What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?
How would you get rid of a huge colony of bees!
How would you get rid of a huge colony of bees?
Combine the two sentences using a coordinating conjunction.
My dog has hair hanging over his eyes. He looks just like a dust mop.
My dog has hair hanging over his eyes, and he looks just like a dust mop.
How should this sentence be rewritten?
Alaska is rich in forests wildlife and minerals.
Alaska is rich in forests, wildlife, and minerals.
How should this sentence be rewritten?
I like to read stories aloud, Sam said to his mother.
"I like to read stories aloud," Sam said to his mother.
What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?
My mom desided to call some local beekeepers.
'desided' is spelled 'decided.'
Combine the sentences using a subordinating conjunction.
(because, although, if, when, since, unless)
My friend shares her lunch with me. She doesn't like what her dad packs.
My friend shares her lunch with me because she doesn't like what her dad packs.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
Katie is a great american swimmer, so she was in the paris competition.
American is a nationality--capitalize it!
Paris should be captitalized.
How should this sentence be rewritten?
Tim climbed inside the canoe he made his way across the lake.
Tim climbed inside the canoe, and he made his way across the lake.
What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?
On saturday the beekeepers came to our house.
Saturday is the name of a day of the week. It should be capitalized.
Combine the sentences using a coordinating conjunction.
Melanie forgot her lunch. She called her mother.
Melanie forgot her lunch, so she called her mother.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
Swiming into a competitive job.
swiming is spelled swimming
How should this sentence be rewritten using a coordinating conjunction? (fanboys)
Mr. Nelson should buy us pizza. He should buy us icecream.
Mr. Nelson should buy us pizza, and he should buy us icecream.
What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?
Write none if no correction should be made.
The beekeeper was happy to see all the bees.
none
Correct the sentence. (Circle the correction after you write it)
If I have time I ride on the bike trail at the park.
If I have time, I like to ride on the bike trail at the park.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
She went to the 1924 olympics and won a gold medal as part of the U.S. swim team.
Capitalize 'Olympics'- historical event
How should this sentence be combined and rewritten?
we are out of peanut buder. we have grap jelly.
We are out of peanut butter, but we have grape jelly.
What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?
He took all them away in two boxs.
'boxs' is spelled 'boxes'