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Sentence Essentials, First Edition
Linda Wong
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Chapter 10

Sentence Variety

In the text boxes below, use two different methods to combine the sentences into one sentence. For example, your first sentence may be a simple sentence with an appositive or a participial phrase. The second sentence may be a compound or a complex sentence. After you complete the exercise, email your work to your instructor or print the page to give to your instructor.

1. An F6 tornado is very unlikely. An F6 tornado has winds clocked between 319 and 379 miles per hour.




2. Tornadoes do varying degrees of damage. Tornadoes last from a few minutes to more than an hour.




3. Small tornadoes can be violent. Small tornadoes can measure less than 150 feet in width.




4. Funnel clouds are a type of tornado. Funnel clouds do not touch the ground.




5. An average of 1,000 tornadoes touch down annually in the U.S. An average of 42 people die each year from tornadoes.




 


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