Apply the Grade-3 spring revision menu (7 named moves)
Exercise
Difficulty 3
~5 min
eng.g3.s.ex_50
Combine Sentences With Conjunction
Prompt
Find 2 short adjacent sentences in your draft that could combine. Use a subordinating or coordinating conjunction to combine each pair. Apply the comma rule. Margin-annotate 'COMBINE'.
How it's presented
mode
revision on handwriting
Answer criteria
type
rubric
criteria
2 combinations madeConjunction fits the meaningComma rule appliedMargin annotation present
Hints
- Use BECAUSE for cause, WHEN for time, BUT for contrast.
- Don't combine if the short sentence was doing emphasis work.
Misconceptions to watch
- Combines sentences that shouldn't be combined.
- Picks a conjunction that doesn't fit.