Combining Sentences Practice

There are several ways to combine ideas from simple sentences, into longer ones. 

Sentences can be put together using coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, using a semicolon, or combining the same subject or verb between two sentences. 

We will look at examples using the two simple sentences: We ran to the park. We were sweating a lot. 

Coordinating Conjunctions include For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. These words join complete thoughts like this: We ran to the park, so we were sweating a lot.

Subordinating conjunctions are words that create dependent clauses. They make the information rely on the other part to make sense: Because we ran to the park, we were sweating a lot. 

In the following questions, you will combine the sentences in one of these ways.