Sentence Combining/Sentence Variety

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"Sentence Variety" Exercises In each exercise, you will practice combining sentences or using the following varieties: simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, prepositional phrases of location, adverbs of negation and time, and conditional sentence structures. Each exercise will give you specific instructions regarding the sentence type or subject verb inversion to use. Your goal is to complete ten exercises in a row, or until you feel comfortable using a variety of sentences structures in your writing. After you have finished an exercise, click on correct answer to see a possible way of combining the sentences. Exercise 1 Combine the following two sentences into a compound sentence using the coordinating conjunction "and." The boxing match will take place in Las Vegas. More than twenty thousand spectators will pay to see the fight. Possible answer: The boxing match will take place in Las Vegas, and more than twenty thousand spectators will pay to see the fight. Exercise 2 Separate the following sentence into three separate sentences. By the time the study was completed, they had determined that fourteen thousand students die each year due to alcohol related accidents, which is why new laws should be passed against binge drinking at college parties. Possible answer: The study was completed. They had determined that fourteen thousand students die each year due to alcohol related accidents. This is why new laws should be passed against binge drinking at college parties. Exercise 3Combine the following two sentences into a complex sentence using the dependent clause connector "provided." Billy will be a guest on the David Lettermen Show. He will get back from his trip to Europe by Thursday. Possible answer: Billy will be a guest on the David Lettermen Show provided he gets back from his trip to Europe by Thursday.

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