Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma + coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters). SPI 0601.1.7

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1. Avoiding Primer Language - combine the following sentences into one effective sentence with only one independent clause
2. Choose best conjunction to combine sentences - eleven-question multiple-choice quiz
3. Combining sentences - online quiz
4. Combining Choppy Sentences - lesson plan with practice [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
5. Combining Sentences - Decide the best way to write each underlined section and choose the correct answer - quiz
6. Combining Sentences for Variety and Clarity - LEO offers a large number of sample revisions
7. Introduction to Sentence Combining - lesson and activity
8. The Need to Combine Sentences - Sentences have to be combined to avoid the monotony that would surely result if all sentences were brief and of equal length. This lesson is followed by three quizzes.
9. Sentence Combining - online quiz

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