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Grade 5 Writing Worksheet
Combine each pair of sentences into one sentence. Write it on the lines.
Mia has a dog. The dog is brown.
Ben likes soccer. Ben likes baseball.
It was raining. We stayed inside.
I wanted to swim. The pool was closed.
Dad cooked dinner. Dad washed the dishes.
Short, choppy sentences can be joined into one smoother sentence. Two sentences about the same thing can be joined with and, with but when the ideas contrast, with because or so when one causes the other, or by moving a describing word into the other sentence.
On this fifth grade sheet a child reads five pairs of short sentences and writes each pair as one sentence on the lines. Each version has different pairs, and the answer key gives a good example for each, though more than one answer can be right.
Common Core standard: L.5.3.A
Mia has a dog. The dog is brown. becomes Mia has a brown dog.
Joining two complete sentences with only a comma, which makes a run-on.
Ask how the two sentences are related, then pick a joining word or move a describing word.
Joining two complete sentences with only a comma, which makes a run-on.
Ask how the two sentences are related, then pick a joining word or move a describing word.
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