PRACTICE WORKSHEET Combining Simple Sentences

Combine the following sets of simple sentences into one compound/complex/compound-complex sentence.

Ben hurt his leg. He was ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

playing golf. He tripped ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
over his golf bag.
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Janes aunt was late. She

was meant to be picking ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jane up from school. She ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
was stuck in traffic. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My uncle is a Democrat.
My aunt is a Republican.
They fight a lot. They do
love each other.
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My teachers hands are like

sandpaper. She spends her ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
weekends gardening. I ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
really like her. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

His words pierced my heart. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I was deeply in love with
him. I knew that I would ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
never be the same again. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Herman usually likes ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

romantic films. Yesterday
he rented a horror film. He ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
thoroughly enjoyed it. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I was sipping tea. A man

sat down. He handed me ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
a briefcase of cash. I was ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
shocked. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The little bird hopped

between branches. The cat
watched from below. The cat
belonged to the girl next
door. The cat made no sound.
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My sons grades have gone

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up. I took away his cell phone.
I banned him from the ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
computer. I am so happy. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________