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Multiple Ways of Combining Sentences
Write your answers on separate paper.
They were watching the football game, and they forgot to feed the baby.
1. Rewrite the sentence using a colon, semicolon
or a dash. Indicate whether your version reflects amplification (formal
or informal) or contrast.
Use a subordinate conjunction to combine the two sentences to establish the indicated logical connection and focus.
2. Focus on "were watching"; logical connection = time
3. Focus on "forgot"; logical connection = time
4. Focus on "were watching"; logical connection = cause/effect
5. Focus on "forgot"; logical connection = cause/effect
6. Rewrite your response to (2) [Focus on "were watching"; logical connection = time] as a semi-reduced clause.
7. Rewrite your response to (3) [Focus on "forgot"; logical connection = time] as a semi-reduced clause.
8. Rewrite your response to (4) [Focus on "were watching"; logical connection = cause/effect] as a semi-reduced clause.
9. Rewrite your response to (5) [Focus on "forgot"; logical connection = cause/effect] as a semi-reduced clause.
10. Rewrite your response to (6) [Focus on "were watching"; logical connection = time] as a gerundive.
11 Rewrite your response to (7) [Focus on "forgot"; logical connection = time] as a gerundive.