Language Worksheets 119-120 - Combining Sentences by Coordinating Ideas, 163-164  Forming Plurals, and 121-122 - Using Adjective Clauses to Combine Sentences

Combining Sentences by Coordinating Ideas

Use coordinating conjunctions or correlative conjunctions to join together two short sentences which have equal importance.

Examples:

Two short sentences: He wanted to go to the store.  She didn't.

A sentence with a coordinating conjunction: He wanted to go to the store, but she didn't.

Two short sentences:

Coordinating Conjunctions = FANBOYS words Correlative Conjunctions = conjunctions used in pairs
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so both, and; either, or; neither, nor; not only, but also;  whether, or

Examples:

CONJUNCTIONS SAMPLE SENTENCE
both...and Both my sister and my brother play the piano.
either...or Tonight's program is either Mozart or Beethoven.
neither...nor Neither the orchestra nor the chorus was able to overcome the terrible acoustics in the church
not only...but also Not only does Sue raise money for the symphony, but she also ushers at all of their concerts.
whether...or Whether Jay goes to the meeting, or he decides to go home is up to him.

PowerPoint: Click Here for Explanation of Interjections and Conjunctions Slide Show

Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions Quiz

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Forming Plurals Rules and Exercise

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Using Adjective Clauses to Combine Sentences

Remember -- A complex sentence is made up of an independent clause and a dependent clause.

There are three kinds of dependent clauses: adjective clauses, adverb clauses, and noun clauses. Today you are practicing combining sentences by using adjective clauses.
Example of two short sentences =

The car is small.  The car is fast.

 

 

 Use a that adjective clause to combine the sentences.
 		  The car that is small is fast.

The bolded words form an adjective clause that modify car.

An adjective modifies or adds information to a noun.
Words which begin adjective clauses. Use one of the words in the last column of this row to begin an adjective clause: a relative pronoun or a subordinating conjunction.   relative pronouns

(who, whose, whom, which, and that)

subordinating conjunctions

(when or where)
Punctuating adjective clauses If the clause can be removed from the sentence and the subject can still be determined, use commas around the clause.   Example of sentences which require commas.

Joan, who is a teacher, is my friend.

Quiz