Sentence Review and Practice
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Adding Variety by combing simple sentence elements |
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Multiple subjects: Here is our example: The baby and her mom were laughing. [(S + S) + V] Take the following simple sentences and combine them by making compound subjects as in the example. 1) John is a friend of mine. Bill is a friend of mine. _______________________________________________________________________ 2) Mary came to visit me in the hospital. Sue came to visit me in the hospital. _______________________________________________________________________ 3) The little boy wanted some candy. The big girl wanted some candy. The girl's sister wanted some candy. _______________________________________________________________________
Multiple verbs: Here is our example: The baby was laughing and giggling. [S + (V + V)] 4) John was crying. John was yelling at everyone who walked by. _______________________________________________________________________ Multiple objects: Here is our example: The baby crawled down the hall and into the kitchen. [S + V + (O + O)] 5) When the game was over, John walked with Mary through the gates. They walked to their car. ________________________________________________________________________ Multiple subjects and verbs: Here is our example: The girl and the boy walked and laughed through the store. [(S + S) + (V + V) + O] 6) John was going out to eat and then dancing.. Mary was going out to eat and then dancing. They were going out to eat and dancing together. ________________________________________________________________________
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