Exercise one

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Combining Sentences
Exercise one Combine each sentence pair into a single sentence using either a coordinating conjunction or a conjunctive adverb: 1. Pets are not allowed in Mr. Taylor’s building yet he owns several cats and a parrot.2. New legislation prevents drivers from sending or reading text messages while driving but many people continue to use their phones illegally.3. The coroner concluded that the young man had taken a lethal concoction of drugs so, by the time his relatives found him, nothing could be done.4. Amphibians are vertebrates that live on land and in the water, on the other hand, flatworms are invertebrates that live only in water.5. Ashley carefully fed and watered her tomato plants all summer, therefore, the tomatoes grew juicy and ripe.6. When he lost his car key, Simon attempted to open the door with a wire hanger, a credit card, and a paper clip finally, he called the manufacturer for advice.Exercise two Combine each sentence pair into a single sentence using a subordinating conjunction1. There will be long delivery delays this week because a snow storm disrupted traffic all over the east coast. 2. My neighbor had his television volume turned up too high although I banged on his door and asked him to keep the noise down.3. Jessica prepared the potato salad and the sautéed vegetables while Ashley marinated the chicken.4. After Romeo poisons himself, Juliet awakes to find Romeo dead and stabs herself with a dagger.

Exercise 3 Use coordination and/or subordination to combine each set of simple sentences into a single sentence1. Thousands of heroin addicts die each year because heroin is an extremely addictive drug. 2. Shakespeare’s writing is still relevant today because wrote about timeless themes such as love, hate, jealousy, death, and destiny.3. Gay marriage was first legal in the U.S in the six states of Iowa, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine similarly, other states followed their example.5. Prewriting is a vital stage of the writing process because it helps you organize your ideas after outlining, brainstorming, and idea mapping. 6. Although Mitch Bancroft is a famous writer, he also serves as a governor on the local school board since his two children attend the school