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PRACTICING SENTENCE
ESSENTIALS
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Directions: In this exercise you will combine sentences to retell
the story of Little Daughter of the Snow. Follow the
directions given in parentheses after each set of sentences.
Don't number each sentence; consider each successive sentence
as the next line in the story. When time, place, or event
change in the story, begin a new paragraph. Once you
have written all sentences and you have your narration,
underline subjects once and verbs twice and check
for correct punctuation. Click here for the Print
Version.
1. [a] The story, "The Little Daughter of the Snow"
in World Folktales by Anita Stern, teaches a lesson about love.
1. [b] The lesson is very important. (Use important as an adjective
in sentence [a]).
2. [a] An old man and his wife were unhappy.
2. [b] They had no children of their own. (Make [b] an adverb
clause of reason).
3. [a] They decided to go outside and make a snow girl.
3. [b] The snow girl might come alive and be a daughter to them.
(Make [b] an adjective clause.)
4. [a] They finished the little snow girl.
4. [b] She suddenly came alive.
4. [c] She started dancing in the snow. (Make [a] a time clause.
Subjects are the same in [b] and [c] so combine the verbs. Do
not repeat the subject.)
5. [a] The old man and his wife were very happy.
5. [b] They finally had a little daughter all their own. (Make
[b] a reason clause.)
6. [a] They dressed her in warm clothes.
6. [b] They wanted her to sleep indoors. (Combine verbs; subjects
are the same.)
6. [c] The little snow girl only wanted to play outside by herself
in the yard. (Join two independent clauses - the combined [a]
and [b] with [c].)
6. [d] She played until the light of day. (Combine with [c]
using the time phrase.
7. [a] Every morning the snow girl would come inside.
7. [b] She would eat her ice. (Combine the verbs in [a] and
[b]).
7. [c] Then she would go back outside. (Make the sentence compound
with "and.")
7. [d] She would play with other children. (Combine verbs; subjects
are the same.)
8. [a] Often she went far into the forest with the other children.
(One simple sentence.)
9. [a] One day she went very far.
9. [b] The other children were afraid to follow her. (Omit "very"
and use an adverb clause of result...so far that...)
10. [a] The little snow girl suddenly realized something.
10. [b] She was out in the forest alone. (Omit "something"
in [a]. Make sentence [b] a noun clause object. You may use
the subordinator that or omit it.
11. [a] She looked for her friends.
11. [b] She couldn't find them. (Combine verbs with "but")
11. [c] She called out to them. (Join Independent clauses to
show result.)
12. [a] A big brown bear heard her.
12. [b] A gray wolf heard her. (Combine Subjects of [a] and
[b].)
12. [c] They offered to help her. (Combine verbs.)
12. [d] The snow girl was afraid they would eat her. (Join Independent
clauses with but.)
13. [a] Finally, a red fox heard her.
13. [b] He offered to take her home. (Combine verbs).
14. [a] The snow girl trusted the fox.
14. [b] She rode home on its back. (Join independent clauses
with so.)
15. [a] She arrived at the old couple's house.
15. [b] They were crying inside. (Make [a] an adverb clause
of time.)
15. [c] They missed her very much and were worried about her.
(Use a Reason clause.)
16. [a] They saw the snow girl.
16. [b] They were very grateful to the fox. (Make [a] a time
clause.)
16. [c] The hungry fox asked them for some food. (Combine with
the coordinator so.)
17. [a] The lady gave the fox a piece of bread.
17. [b] The fox wanted a plump hen. (Combine clauses with a
logical coordinator.)
18. [a] The old woman didn't want to waste a hen.
18. [b] She decided to trick the fox. (Combine clauses with
a logical coordinator.)
19. [a] She and her husband put a plump hen in one sack.
19. [b] They put their fiercest dog in another. (Subjects and
verbs are the same, so join objects and leave the adverb phrases
that follow each object.)
20. [a] Then they took the bags outside.
20. [b] They called to the fox. (Combine verbs).
21. [a] The hen fluttered out of one sack.
21. [b] The fierce dog jumped out of the other. (Make [a] a
time clause; use As soon as)
21. [c] The fierce dog scared the fox away. (Combine verbs in
[b] and [c].)
22. [a] The little snow girl sadly realized something.
22. [b] The couple loved her less than a plump hen. (Omit something.
Make [b] a noun clause object. The subordinator that
is optional.)
23. [a] They were selfish. (Combine using result clause...so
selfish that...
23. [b] The little snow girl jumped into the arms of Frost her
father and Snow her mother.
23. [c] Frost and Snow carried her home to the far north. (Make
[c] an adjective clause with the relative pronoun who.)
23. [d] She plays there on the frozen seas all through the summer.
(Make [d] an adjective clause beginning with relative adverb
"where," which replaces "there."
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