Monday, March 4, 2013

SENTENCE COMBINATION, March 4th, 2013

Learning to combine ideas into more complex sentences is an important skill in writing. There are many ways to do this--many possible bonus points! Try to combine the following three sentences into just ONE sentence.

  1. Daylight Saving Time begins on March 10th this year.
  2. Spring officially starts on March 20th this year.
  3. Despite the calendar information and time change, most of Canada is still definitely experiencing winter.

24 comments:

Leigha said...

This year Daylight Savings Time begins on March 10th, and spring officially starts on March 20th; however most of Canada is still experiencing winter-like conditions.

Unknown said...

Daylight Saving Time begins on March 10th this year, but Spring doesn't officially start until March 20th this year, unfortunately, despite the calendar information and time change, most of Canada is still definitely experiencing winter.

Alesha B said...

This year, daylight savings time begins on March 10th, and March 20th is the official day of spring; however despite the calendar information and time change, most of Canada is still experiencing winter.

Vivien said...

Daylight Saving Time begins on March 10 and Spring officially started on March 20th yet, despite the calender information and time change, Canadians are still experiencing winter.

Veronica Baig said...

LEIGHA:Almost--can you find where the missing comma should go?
ALYCIA:Close--there is one punctuation error;-)
ALESHA:There's a missing comma--can you fix the problem?
VIVIEN: On the right track--check verb tense and punctuation;-)

LeighaM said...

This year Daylight Savings Time begins on March 10th, and spring officially starts on March 20th; however, most of Canada is still experiencing winter-like conditions.

Alesha B said...

This year, daylight savings time begins on March 10th, and March 20th is the official day of spring; however, despite the calendar information and time change, most of Canada is still experiencing winter.

Sarah A said...

Daylight Saving Time beings on March 10th this year, but Spring doesn't officially start until March 20th; nevertheless, most of Canada is still experiencing winter weather.

Unknown said...

Daylight Saving Time begins on March 10th this year, but Spring doesn't officially start until March 20th this year which, unfortunately, despite the calendar information and time change, most of Canada is still definitely experiencing winter.

Grace H said...

This year, Daylight Saving Time begins on March 10th, and the first day of spring is on March 20th; however, most of Canada is still experiencing winter conditions despite calendar information and time change.

Veronica Baig said...

LEIGHA:Thank you!
ALESHA: Good:-)
SARAH:Almost--can you fix a capitalization error!
ALYCIA:Introducing "which" doesn't help, and I also notice a capitalization error;-)
GRACE: A good solution:-)

maryannth1 said...

Most of Canada is still definitely experiencing winter despite Daylight Saving Time beginning on March 10th and spring officially starting on March 20th.

Sarah A said...

Daylight saving time beings on March 10th this year, but Spring doesn't officially start until March 20th; nevertheless, most of Canada is still experiencing winter weather.

Unknown said...

Daylight Saving Time begins on March 10th this year, but spring doesn't officially start until March 20th, unfortunately, despite the calendar information and time change most of Canada is still definitely experiencing winter.

leslieB155 said...

This year Daylight Savings Time begins March 10th and spring official starts March 20, even though most of Canada is still definitely experiencing winter.

Serena R (ENG 155) said...

Spring oficially starts on March 20th this year; Daylight Saving Time begins on March 10th; despite the calendar information and time change, most of Canada is still definitely experiencing winter.

Veronica Baig said...

MARY ANN:Great solution!
SARAH: That wasn't the problem:-(
ALYCIA: A little better--the punctuation remains a problem:-(
LESLIE:A good start--think about a word form error and punctuation;-)
SERENA:Excellent!

leslieB155 said...

This year Daylight Savings Time begins March 10th and spring officially starts March 20th, although most of Canada is still experiencing winter.

Unknown said...

Daylight Saving Time begins on March 10th this year, but spring doesn't officially start until March 20th, and despite the calendar information and time change; most of Canada is still definitely experiencing winter.

Jennifer H said...

Even though Daylight Savings Time began on March 10th followed by the first day of spring on March 20th; most of Canada is still experiencing winter despite the calendar and time changes.

Veronica Baig said...

LESLIE: better, but the punctuation is still an issue:-(
ALYCIA:Please check semicolon usage;-)
JENNIFER:All good apart from the punctuation;-)

leslieB155 said...

This year Daylight Savings Time begins March 10th, and spring officially starts March 20th; although most of Canada is still experiencing winter.

Veronica Baig said...

LESLIE:Still not there--you can't use a semicolon before a dependent clause;-)

Sarah A said...

Daylight saving time beings on March 10th this year, but spring doesn't officially start until March 20th; nevertheless, most of Canada is still experiencing winter weather.