<p>Sentence Combining Practice:</p><p>1 – Combine with a compound subject (multiple subjects performing the same action)</p><p>A: --Mandy walked through the park. --Jerry walked through the park.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>B: --Fatme cheered when she saw she had made the varsity team. --Randa cheered when she saw she had made the varsity team. --Farah cheered when she saw she had made the varsity team.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>2 – Combine with a compound verb (one subject performing multiple actions)</p><p>A: --Team captain Youssef Youssef dropped back into the pocket. --Team captain Youssef Youssef rifled a pass downfield.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>B: --Junior class president Nora Mackie called the meeting of the junior class officers to order. -- Junior class president Nora Mackie introduced their guest speaker from the University of Michigan – Dearborn. -- Junior class president Nora Mackie asked the secretary of the junior class to read the minutes of the previous meeting.</p><p>______</p><p>______3 – Combine as a compound sentence (Two complete sentences joined with a coordinating conjunction</p><p>A: --Menal wanted to be the General Council representative. --Hanan got there first.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>B: --Ali knew his team was counting on him to make the winning free-throw. --It made him even more nervous than he was before.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>4 – Combine as a complex sentence (Two complete sentences joined with a subordinating conjunction</p><p>A: --Mr. Palise trusted his students. --Mr. Palise’s students continued to steal donut money from him.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>B: --Sue and Mona got to the game. --They spent more time socializing than taking pictures.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>C: --It took the woman a long time to love again. --Every man in the city would have done anything to win her heart.</p><p>______</p><p>______5 – Combine with an appositive</p><p>EX: --Mr. Mullen is especially concerned about the distraction posed by cell phones --Mr. Mullen is the new building principal</p><p>Mr. Mullen, the new building principal, is especially concerned about the distraction posed by cell phones.</p><p>A: --Captain Kangaroo was a beloved icon and children’s television star. --Captain Kangaroo passed away this week.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>B: --George W. Bush is the President of the United States. --George W. Bush is the 43rd President. --George W. Bush is the son of George H.W. Bush. --George H. W. Bush used to be the President of the United States. --George H. W. Bush was the 41st President of the United States.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p>