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| Sometimes we can combine 2 sentences into one by adding the word and. Words that join 2 sentences are called conjunctions. |
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| Example: I like apples. I like bananas. I like apples and bananas. |
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| If the conjunction comes between 2 complete ideas, add a comma before the conjunction. | |||||||||||
| Example: My mom is a teacher. My dad is a dentist. My mom is a teacher, and my dad is a dentist. |
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| Directions: Rewrite each pair of sentences using the word and to combine them. Make your sentence as short as possible. | |||||||||||
| 1. I like to play baseball. I like to go swimming. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 2. I have 2 dimes. I have 1 quarter. _________________________________________________________________________ 3. They bought bread. They bought milk. _________________________________________________________________________ 4. Dad went to the store. Mat went with him. _________________________________________________________________________ 5. I like Pokemon. My brother likes Digimon. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 6. Mark went bowling. Jan went with him. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 7. The bag is heavy. It is hard to carry. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ |
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