*SENTENCE COMBINATION*

Learning to combine ideas into more complex sentences is an important writing skill. There are many ways to do this. Try to combine the following three sentences.

Sentence 1: Because the price of gasoline has increased so much over the past few years, more people are now using public transport.
Sentence 2: Many blame the increase in the cost of gas this week on the upcoming long weekend, when many people will be travelling.

Sentence 3: There always seems to be one excuse or another for raising the price of gasoline.