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Thursday, March 19, 2015
*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: Stephen Harper is the current Prime Minister of Canada.
Sentence 2: Hewas first elected to the House of Commons in 1993.
Sentence 3: He was a Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary West.
Stephen Harper, our current Prime Minister of Canada, was a member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary West before he was first elected to the House of commons in 1993.
Stephen Harper, the current Prime Minister of Canada was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993, and was a Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary West.
Stephen Harper is the current Prime Minister of Canada because he was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993; he was also a Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary West.
Stephen Harper, the current Prime Minister of Canada was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993 being a Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary West.
Sentence 1: Stephen Harper is the current Prime Minister of Canada, who was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993; in addition, he was a Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary West.
6 comments:
Stephen Harper, our current Prime Minister of Canada, was a member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary West before he was first elected to the House of commons in 1993.
Stephen Harper, the current Prime Minister of Canada was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993, and was a Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary West.
Stephen Harper is the current Prime Minister of Canada because he was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993; he was also a Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary West.
Stephen Harper, the current Prime Minister of Canada was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993 being a Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary West.
Sentence 1: Stephen Harper is the current Prime Minister of Canada, who was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993; in addition, he was a Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary West.
Well done, annie.
alidap, don't forget to put commas on both sides of the apposition.
Melissa, your sentence changes the meaning of the original a little too much. Surely, Harper was not elected PM "because" he was an MP in 1993.
Good try, Hamaad. But I think "as" would be prefereable to "being".
Yosua, your answer also changes the meaning a little bit, and relies on a semi-colon (which defeats the purpose of this exercise).
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