Prof. G. Steinberg
Sentence Combining
Combine each group of sentences below into a single, grammatical sentence in your head.
Rudolf had a nose.
It was red.
Rudolf was a reindeer.
His nose was very shiny.
Rudolf had a nose.
It was so bright.
Santa came to say something to Rudolf.
Santa asked if Rudolf would guide his sleigh.
It was Christmas Eve.
It was foggy.
Winesburg is in Ohio.
Winesburg is a little town.
George Willard lives in Winesburg.
George Willard wants to be a writer.
The jewels were packed in a box.
The box was wooden.
The box was imprinted with names.
The names were foreign.
The street was full of shadows.
The street was deserted.
Nothing was moving.
The job offers an attractive salary.
It demands long work hours.
Promotions are rapid.
A newspaper tumbles in the wind.
It is tattered.
The tumbling is aimless.
It cartwheels toward the horizon.
The horizon is smudged.
Ski resorts were once deserted.
It was during the summer months.
It doesn't snow in summer.
Now ski resorts have created a new sport.
It is to entice visitors in summer.
I walked in.
Grandpa was sitting at the kitchen table.
The newspaper was spread before him.
Many suicides can be prevented.
They are not a spur of the moment thing.
Talk of committing suicide should be taken seriously.
They are lucky.
They sleep in bunks.
They don't sleep under bridges.
They don't sleep in doorways.
He glanced over his shoulder
He suddenly had a feeling.
The feeling was strong.
The feeling was unmistakable.
He was being watched.
John was in love.
He was in love with Martha.
He walked with her through the night.
He was holding Martha's hand.
The world has finite fuel resources.
These include coal, oil, gas, oil shale, and uranium.
These resources theoretically are sufficient for centuries.
These resources are not evenly distributed.
I studied students.
Most of them did not seem comfortable.
They were uncomfortable using the word revision.
Most of them explained.
Revision was not a word they used.
It was a word their teachers used.
The experienced writers were unlike the students.
The experienced writers possess a theory.
The theory is nonlinear.
In the theory is a sense of the whole writing.
The sense of the whole writing precedes an examination.
The sense of the whole writing grows out of an examination.
The examination is of the parts.
Changes are made.
They are made in compliance with rules.
The rules are abstract.
The rules are about the product.
The rules quite often do not apply.
The rules do not apply to the problems.
The problems are specific.
The problems are in the text.
Combine each group of sentences below into a single, grammatical sentence in your head. All the groups of sentences together tell a story.