Sentences and Sentence Fragments - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Sentences and Sentence Fragments - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Sentences and Sentence Fragments - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
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Extend 10<br />
Combining <strong><strong>Sentence</strong>s</strong>: Compound Subjects<br />
Read the hurricane information chart. Rewrite the information by completing the<br />
sentences with compound subjects. Remember to use <strong>and</strong> or or to connect the subjects.<br />
Hurricane Information Chart<br />
Trucks were str<strong>and</strong>ed in Charleston.<br />
Wilmington is expected to have over a foot of rain.<br />
Flooding will damage many homes <strong>and</strong> businesses.<br />
Clothing will be distributed to hurricane victims in the Bahamas.<br />
Raleigh is expected to have over a foot of rain.<br />
New Jersey may get the storm, depending on its path.<br />
Connecticut may get the storm, depending on its path.<br />
A police officer sometimes shows up to help people escape.<br />
The elderly especially have a hard time.<br />
Winds will damage many homes <strong>and</strong> businesses.<br />
Food will be distributed to hurricane victims in the Bahamas.<br />
Cars were str<strong>and</strong>ed in Charleston.<br />
Windows are still all boarded up in Savannah.<br />
Doors are still all boarded up in Savannah.<br />
A firefighter sometimes shows up to help people escape.<br />
Children especially have a hard time.<br />
1. will damage many homes <strong>and</strong> businesses.<br />
2. are expected to have over a foot of rain.<br />
3. will be distributed to hurricane victims in the Bahamas.<br />
4. were str<strong>and</strong>ed in Charleston.<br />
5. are still all boarded up in Savannah.<br />
6. sometimes shows up to help people escape.<br />
7. especially have a hard time.<br />
8. may get the storm, depending on its path.<br />
<strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong> School Division<br />
10<br />
At Home: Write a short report about a storm. Use as many<br />
compound subjects as you can. Then pretend you are a<br />
weather reporter <strong>and</strong> read your report aloud.<br />
Critical Thinking<br />
<strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong> Language Arts<br />
Grade 5, Unit 1, <strong><strong>Sentence</strong>s</strong>,<br />
pages 20–21