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Sentences and Sentence Fragments - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

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Date<br />

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

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