Sentence 1: We are well into December.
Sentence 2: The first snowfall of the season was weeks ago.
Sentence 3: It won't be long until the Christmas vacation.
11 December 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 1: We are well into December.
Sentence 2: The first snowfall of the season was weeks ago.
Sentence 3: It won't be long until the Christmas vacation.
Sentence 1: We are well into December.
Sentence 2: The first snowfall of the season was weeks ago.
Sentence 3: It won't be long until the Christmas vacation.
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4 comments:
It won't be long until the Christmas vacation which is great as we are well into December despite the fact that the first snowfall of the season was only weeks ago.
Because we are well into December, it won't be long until the Christmas vacation, and the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago.
Even though the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago, we are well into December, and it now won't be long until the Christmas vacation.
Good try, everyone!
But, Andrew, adding "which is great" and "only" changes the meaning of the sentence.
Liudmila, I don't think the use of "and" really fits the logic of your sentence.
Olena, I don't think the use of "even though" really fits the logic of your sentence.
Remember, begin by asking yourself what the logic of the relationship between the clauses might be.
For example, it makes sense to say the following:
We are well into December, so it won't be long until the Christmas vacation.
Then we just need to figure out how the remaining sentence fits:
The first snowfall of the season was weeks ago, and we are well into December, so it won't be long until the Christmas vacation.
The first clause suggests that winter is well advanced, and the second, that we are nearing the end of December. Both of these point to the coming of Christmas holidays.
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