Lingua inglese - How to combine sentences in English

Combining sentences (don’t use: adverbs, and, but, or, because, when, so, alone)

• I was away at the time of the disastrous floods. I could do nothing to help with salvage work.

As I was away at the time…

• The employers issued an ultimatum. They threatened all workers with dismissal if they didn’t return to work by the

following Monday.

The employers issued an ultimatum threatening all workers with dismissal if they didn’t return to work by the following

Monday.

• In 1842, Charles Dickens went to America. In this country he advocated international copyright and the abolition of

slavery.

In 1842, Charles Dickens went to America where he advocated…

• I have put everything in writing. You will know exactly how things stand.

I have put everything in writing so that you will know…

• She spent several days rehearsing a speech from Romeo and Juliet. She found she was being auditioned for the part of

Lady Macbeth.

Although she spent several days rehearsing a speech from Romeo and Juliet she found she was…

• Something is not done quickly. The strike of ambulance men will soon spread all over the country.

If something is not done quickly, the strike…

• His stepfather treated him kindly. No real fat5her would have done so.

His stepfather treated him kindly, which would have been done by no real father.

• My cousin doesn’t like where she lives. There’s not enough social life.

My cousin doesn’t like where she lives as there’s not….

• The fire started on the first floor of the hospital. Many of its patients are elderly and infirm.

The fire started on the first floor of the hospital where many patients are elderly and infirm.

• I’ll take two pens in the exam room. One can run out.

I’ll take two pens in the exam room in case one runs out.

• He comes out of hospital. He will need complete rest for another two months.

Even if he comes out of the hospital he will need complete rest for another two months

• They are fitting the plane with extra fuel tanks. It will have a greater range.

They are fitting the plane with extra fuel tanks, so that it will…

• He bought a truck. He did this to carry out his business.

He bought a truck in order to carry…/so that he could carry…

• The graphics in that new computer game I bought are quite good. I soon got bored with playing it.

Although the graphics in that new computer game I bought are quite good, I soon got …

• H. lived in a house in Key West. We visited his house.

The house we visited in Key West is H’s.

• He got off the ship. He caught sight of the man he was looking for.

On getting off the ship, he