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ALEXAAA Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
sentence combining part 2
I need to combine all the shorter sentences into a single longer one. Avoid the word "and". Do not attempt to keep the same order.
5. The boy was hungry. He was eating. The girl was thirsty. She was drinking. He ate several hamburgers. She drank several sodas. The sodas she drank were Cokes.
The hungry boy who was eating ate several hamburgers already; the thirsty girl who was drinking drank several Cokes.
6. The freshman didn't like school. He felt that the classes weren't challenging enough. He was taking four classes. He was attending UCLA.
The freshmen from UCLA didn't like school because he felt that the 4 classes he was taking weren't challenging enough.
7. The team was winning. They had just had 10 losing seasons. They played football. Their win streak was six games long. The main reason for their success was their quarterback. He was new to the team.
The new quarterback leads this football team to win 6 games after they had lost the last 10 seasons.
8. The computer broke. Sarah broke it. She threw it down the stairs. She was angry with it. She couldn't catch on to how to use it. The instructions were too difficult.
The computer instructions were too difficult that Sarah didn't know how to use it, this made her so angry that she threw the computer down the stairs and broke it.
5. The boy was hungry. He was eating. The girl was thirsty. She was drinking. He ate several hamburgers. She drank several sodas. The sodas she drank were Cokes.
The hungry boy who was eating ate several hamburgers already; the thirsty girl who was drinking drank several Cokes.
6. The freshman didn't like school. He felt that the classes weren't challenging enough. He was taking four classes. He was attending UCLA.
The freshmen from UCLA didn't like school because he felt that the 4 classes he was taking weren't challenging enough.
7. The team was winning. They had just had 10 losing seasons. They played football. Their win streak was six games long. The main reason for their success was their quarterback. He was new to the team.
The new quarterback leads this football team to win 6 games after they had lost the last 10 seasons.
8. The computer broke. Sarah broke it. She threw it down the stairs. She was angry with it. She couldn't catch on to how to use it. The instructions were too difficult.
The computer instructions were too difficult that Sarah didn't know how to use it, this made her so angry that she threw the computer down the stairs and broke it.
Top answer
These are pretty good efforts as they all have a lot of information to fit into a single sentence. The hungry boy ate several hamburgers while the thirsty girl drank several Cokes. (the who was eating/drinking is not necessary).
- These are pretty good efforts as they all have a lot of information to fit into a single sentence.
- The hungry boy ate several hamburgers while the thirsty girl drank several Cokes.
- (the who was eating/drinking is not necessary).
- The freshmen from UCLA didn't like school because he felt that the 4 classes he was taking weren't challenging enough.
- Good, you could shorten it a bit further by : The UCLA freshman didn't like school as he felt that.....
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These are pretty good efforts as they all have a lot of information to fit into a single sentence.
The hungry boy ate several hamburgers while the thirsty girl drank several Cokes. (the who was eating/drinking is not necessary).
The freshmen from UCLA didn't like school because he felt that the 4 classes he was taking weren't challenging enough.
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The hungry boy ate several hamburgers while the thirsty girl drank several Cokes. (the who was eating/drinking is not necessary).
The freshmen from UCLA didn't like school because he felt that the 4 classes he was taking weren't challenging enough.
Good, you c
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1- The boy was hungry and the girl was thirsty, that's why he ate several hamburgers and she drank several cokes.
2- The freshman has been attending UCLA, although taking 4 classes which weren't challenging enough for him/her.
3- I think this one , as nona said , is perfect :
2- The freshman has been attending UCLA, although taking 4 classes which weren't challenging enough for him/her.
3- I think this one , as nona said , is perfect :
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on 1, i can't use "and" so i will stick with nona's version. thank you so much.
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How about trying my version for a fit
The hungry boy ate several hamburgers while the girl was so thirty that she drank
The hungry boy ate several hamburgers while the girl was so thirty that she drank
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ALEXAAA
I need to combine all the shorter sentences into a single longer one. Avoid the word "and". Do not attempt to keep the same order.
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