Combine each of the following groups of short, choppy,
repetitive sentences into one smooth-sounding sentence. You should NOT
use all the words. You should punctuate correctly.
EXAMPLE:
a) Chuckie bounces wildly in his desk.
b) He is the class clown.
c) He clucks like a chicken
Chuckie, the class clown,
bounces wildly in his desk, clucking like a chicken.
OR...
The class clown Chuckie,
clucking like a chicken, bounces wildly in his desk.
OR...
As he clucks like a chicken,
the class clown Chuckie bounces wildly in his desk.
OR...
+1 for each correctly punctuated sentence.
| 1a) Johnny stretched out on his back.
1b) I stretched out on my back. 1c) I looked at the stars. 1d) Johnny looked at the stars. |
2a) There was a crowd.
2b) It was at the front of the church. 2c) It was mostly little kids. 2d) I wondered. 2e) How did they get there so quickly? |
3a) Dally cussed.
3b) It was under his breath. 3c) He nearly tore out the transmission. 3d) The transmission was in the T-bird. 3e) We roared out of the Dairy queen. |
The Outsiders,