Combining Sentences: Adjectives - 6^th Grade Grammar

Combining Sentences: Adjectives

You can combine sentences by leaving out repeated words and moving an adjective into one of the sentences.

Examples:

We caught a fish. The fish was huge.

We caught a huge fish.

Lydia took this photograph of a phone booth. The phone booth was old.

Lydia took this photograph of an old phone booth.

Combine each pair of sentences by moving adjectives.

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We stepped into the boat. The boat was small.

We stepped into the small boat.

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I looked up at the clouds. The clouds looked fluffy.

I looked up at the fluffy clouds.

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Waves rocked the boat. The waves were gentle.

Gentle waves rocked the boat.

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We rowed to an island. The island was rocky.

We rowed to a rocky island.

5/5

Fish swam past. They were light blue.

Light blue fish swam past.