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Sentences and Sentence Fragments - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

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Combining <strong><strong>Sentence</strong>s</strong>: Compound <strong><strong>Sentence</strong>s</strong><br />

As part of the first settlement on Mars, you have been asked to record in a journal<br />

your thoughts about the journey. Make each sentence more interesting by changing<br />

it to a compound sentence. Add a comma, the conjunction <strong>and</strong>, or, or but; <strong>and</strong> an<br />

ending of your own choice.<br />

1. I was almost too excited to sleep last night.<br />

2. The limo came to the hotel for me at 4 a.m.<br />

3. The driver asked me if I wanted to stop for breakfast.<br />

4. I told him we had to eat at the launch site.<br />

5. Only two of the others were there.<br />

6. I had been prepared for how takeoff would feel.<br />

7. Soon we were shooting away from the earth.<br />

8. Details of the mission ran through my head.<br />

9. I wondered if we were on course.<br />

10. We continued past the edge of the earth’s atmosphere.<br />

<strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong> School Division<br />

4<br />

At Home: With an adult or an older brother or sister, play<br />

“Take It Apart.” Look through a book for compound<br />

sentences. Break apart each sentence into two sentences.<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 8–9

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