Monday, March 30, 2009

SENTENCE COMBINATION, Mar. 30th, 2010

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.

Sentence 1: Easter is a four-day weekend for most of us.
Sentence 2: Many people eat too much chocolate over this holiday period.
Sentence 3: Many of the symbols associated with Easter come from ancient spring-time celebrations.

6 comments:

Saadat said...

Many of the symbols associated with Easter,which is a four-day weekend for most of us,come from ancient spring-time celebrations,and a lot of people eat too much chocolate over this holiday period.
or:

Many people eat too much chocolate over the Easter four-day weekend, which is a holiday that many of it's symbols, come from ancient spring-time celebrations.

maya said...

Many of the symbols associated with Easter, a four-day weekend for most of us, come from the ancient spring-time celebrations; many people celebrate by eating too much chocolate.

Having many of its symbols coming from the ancient spring-time celebrations,Easter is a four-day weekend for most of us, where many celebrate by eating too much chocolate.

Veronica Baig said...

SAADAT: #1 is better; in the second one, there is a problem with the middle clause--which is a holiday that ...:-)

Saadat said...

Many people eat too much chocolate over the Easter four day weekend, a holiday that many of its symbols, come from ancient spring-time celebrations.

Veronica Baig said...

MAYA: The first one is good; the second one implies that the four-day weekend is a result of ancient spring-time celebration;-)
SAADAT: That clause is still a problem--this is the bit you need to fix grammatically: a holiday that many of its symbols ...

jaya said...

Many of the symbols associated with Easter which come from ancient spring -time celebrations,it is a four-day weekend for most of us and many people eat too much chocolate over the period.