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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. Print this page and begin.
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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