In the last few lessons, you learned a few different ways to combine sentences.
Let's review them here. 😽
Sentences have two parts: a subject and a predicate.
The subject is what the sentence is all about.
The predicate tells more about the subject. It has a verb, and sometimes an object.
When two sentences are related, we can combine them into one bigger sentence.
Tip: to combine means to put together.
Sometimes this can make our writing easier to understand. 👍
Take a look at these two sentences:
Let's combine them!
The easiest way to combine any two sentences is to put them together with a conjunction like 'and' or 'but'.
This makes a compound sentence.
Tip: write a comma before this 'and' because it joins two complete sentences. They need a pause.
This compound sentence is ok, but we repeat 'Mary' twice. Can we do better?
Of course! Otherwise, we wouldn't have asked 😋.
We can make our writing even better by combining the predicates like this:
Now, we don't repeat the subject twice. 🥳
Tip: Now, we don't need a comma before the and.
Why? 🤔
👉 Because the words after 'and' don't make a complete sentence, so we don't need the comma for a pause.
The English language is really flexible.
You can combine all types of sentences together.
Take a look:
They share the same predicate. We can combine their subjects like this:
This way we don't repeat ourselves.
If two sentences share the same subject and verb but have different objects, you can combine the objects too!
Here's how we combine them:
Tip: We don't say, "Mary loved running and loved swimming."
Tip: You don't add a comma before the 'and' above because the words after 'and' don't make a complete thought.
Great job reviewing how to combine sentences.
Now, ace the practice. 😺 It'll help you remember for longer.