23 May 2014

*SENTENCE COMBINATION*

Learning to combine ideas into more complex sentences is an important writing skill. There are many ways to do this. Try to combine the following three sentences.

Sentence 1The celebration of Victoria Day is associated with the arrival of summer.
Sentence 2In many parts of Canada, it is still spring as the trees are just beginning to show their leaves.
Sentence 3: Last weekend, many gardeners flocked to greenhouses to prepare their gardens for summer.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The celebration of Victoria Day is associated with the arrival of summer, but in many parts of Canada, it is still springs as the trees are just beginning to show their leaves, so last weekend, many gardeners flocked to greenhouse to prepare their gardens for the summer.

Michael said...

Great try, Anonymous! But I think the conjunction ("so") is inconsistent with the meaning of the sentence.

Here is another possible solution:

While the celebration of Victoria Day is associated with the arrival of summer, and many gardeners flocked to greenhouses to prepare their gardens, it is still spring in many parts of Canada as the trees are just beginning to show their leaves.