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Sentence Combining
Practice 26: Combining Sentence-Combining Options

Before attempting to combine options, gain proficiency in using each one separately. Writers who attempt to combine options before gaining competency in each one are at risk of making their writing worse, not better.

Compound-complex sentences may be created by combining options. These sentences have at least one dependent clause and at least two independent clauses.

Incomplete Idea: Before Ishi died in 1916.
Complete Idea: He was taken to the Museum of Anthropology of UCSF.
Complete Idea: He left a record there of the Yahi way of life.

Compound-Complex Sentence:

Notice that the sentence above uses the structure and punctuation of both option #5 and #1. After you use two sentence-combining options to create a compound-complex sentence, stop with a period.

Instructions:
Use the two sentence-combining options in parentheses to combine the following clauses.

Example question:
1. Gohar loves to golf.
2. He usually wins.
3. Because he is very talented at the sport. (#2 and #4)

Example answer:
Gohar loves to golf; he usually wins because he is talented at the sport.

1 .

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.
1. Carolina is studying geology. 2. She knows about each class of rock. 3. Her rock collection fills her room. (#1 and #2)

2 .

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.
1. Maria has three sisters. 2. When she was ten years old. 3. Her parents got divorced. (#3 and #5)

3 .

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.
1. Ethan owns seven rabbits. 2. Two rabbits are males. 3. Five rabbits are females. (#2 and #5)

4 .

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.
1. When Chester was sixteen. 2. He lost his sight. 3. He has learned to read brail. (#5 and #1)

5 .

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.
1. The computer crashed. 2. But I did not lose any of my work. 3. I saved it on a disk ten minutes ago. (#2 and #4)

6 .

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.
1. Elizabeth tried to sell a mouse trap in her persuasive speech. 2. She used several techniques to get us to buy it. 3. She didn’t convince me. (#1 and #3)

7 .

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.
1. We enjoyed dinner at a fine restaurant. 2. Then we went to the movies. 3. Before we went home. (#3 and #4)

8 .

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.
1. Gina asked us to fasten our seatbelts. 2. The plane started moving down the runway. 3. It lifted us off the ground. (#1 and #2)

9 .

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.
1. The toilet overflowed again. 2. After Zumi used a snake to unclog it. 3. It started working. (#2 and #5)

10 .

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.
1. The school newspaper has an interesting article in it. 2. It is about a student’s right to appeal the results of a placement test. 3. Everyone should read it. (#1 and #3)

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