Students learn four ways to combine short, choppy sentences into smoother ones: sharing a subject or verb, adding an appositive (a noun phrase that renames a noun), opening with an -ing phrase and joining ideas with a conjunction such as although, until or unless. They combine sentence pairs and then rewrite a choppy paragraph so it flows.
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Completed: Combining Sentences for Flow
6th Grade students (typically ages 11–12) working on sentences & clauses. It is pitched at level 2 · standard; an easier version and a harder version are linked above.
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About 25 minutes for 15 questions. Short, regular sessions work best: two or three a week beats one long one.
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Try 6th Grade Conjunctions: and, but, so, because, or Worksheet — Level 1.
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Read your sentences aloud. If they sound choppy or repeat words, combine them.
When two sentences repeat the same subject or the same action, join them with and so nothing is repeated.
An appositive is a noun phrase that renames a noun. It sits right after the noun, with commas on both sides: Rex, a golden retriever, loves to swim. Combine each pair using an appositive.
Turn the first sentence into an -ing phrase and use it to open the second sentence. Put a comma after the phrase.
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Choose the joining word (conjunction) that makes sense: and, but, so, because, or — and, at the advanced level, although, unless, until,…
Choose the joining word (conjunction) that makes sense: and, but, so, because, or — and, at the advanced level, although, unless, until,…
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