Combining To Create Complex Sentences
Combining To Create Complex Sentences
Combining To Create Complex Sentences
DIRECTIONS The sentences in the following pairs are closely related in meaning.
● Using the methods you have learned, combine each pair into a compound sentence. Make all
changes on the worksheet.
● You may choose from coordinating conjunctions (and, but, for, nor, so, or yet), or from
conjunctive adverbs (also, anyway, consequently, however, instead, likewise, nevertheless,
still, then, therefore).
EXAMPLE
1. The common hamburger got its start in medieval times. Shredded meat was popular among Asian
peoples known as Tartars.
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2. Shredding meat made it more digestible. The Tartars shredded tough meat from their cattle.
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3. By the fourteenth century, the Germans were shredding meat. They added spices to the meat and
served it both raw and cooked.
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4. In Hamburg the meat was called Hamburg steak. It was a popular meal for poor people.
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5. In the 1800s, an English doctor named J. H. Salisbury believed that shredding food made it more
digestible. He recommended that people shred all their food before eating.
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7. Named after Dr. Salisbury, Salisbury steak is similar to today’s hamburger. It was served on a
plate, not a bun.
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8. The “Hamburg steak” came to the United States with German immigrants in the 1880s. It became
known as “hamburger steak.”
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9. It is not known just when somebody first put the meat in a bun. It was in sandwich form when it
was served at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair.
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10.Today, we have many more ways to prepare food than did the Tartars. Shredded beef is still a
favorite.
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Answer Keys:
1. The common hamburger got its start in medieval times; shredded meat was popular among Asian
2. Shredding meat made it tastier and more digestible, so the Tartars shredded the tough meat from
their cattle.
3. By the fourteenth century, the Germans were shredding meat; they added spices to the meat and
4. In the German seaport of Hamburg, the meat was called Hamburg steak, and it became a popular \
5. In the 1800s, an English doctor named J. H. Salisbury believed that shredding food made it more
digestible; consequently, he recommended that people shred all their food before eating.
6. Salisbury thought beef should be eaten three times a day, but he believed the beef should be
7. Named after Dr. Salisbury, Salisbury steak is similar to today’s hamburger; it was served on a
8. The “Hamburg steak” came to the United States with German immigrants in the 1880s;
9. It is not known just when somebody first put the meat in a bun; still, it was in sandwich form
10. Today, we have many more ways to prepare food than did the Tartars; nevertheless, the