Combining sentences

credited to and adapted from Kelley Brown

There are several ways to combine ideas from simple sentences, into longer ones. 

Sentences can be put together using coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, using a semicolon, or combining the same subject or verb between two sentences. 

We will look at examples using the two simple sentences: We ran to the park. We were sweating a lot. 

Coordinating Conjunctions include For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. These words join complete thoughts like this: We ran to the park, so we were sweating a lot.

Subordinating conjunctions are words that create dependent clauses. They make the information rely on the other part to make sense: Because we ran to the park, we were sweating a lot. 

Examples: after, although, as, because, before, even if, even though, if, in order to, once, provided that, rather than, since, so that, than, that, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, whereas, wherever, whether, while, why

In the following questions, you will combine the sentences in one of these ways.