Lingua inglese - How to combine sentences in English

• When I was a child I liked to roller-skate. I liked ice-skate even better.

When I was a child I preferred ice-skating rather than roller-skating.

• I felt very awkward. I realized she hadn’t expected me to arrive for dinner.

I felt very awkward as soon as I realized…

• There were a lot of survivors. Many of them were in pain.

Many of the survivors were in pain.

• Carla’s restaurant is very good value. It serves a range of Mediterranean dishes.

Carla’s restaurant is very good value as it serves…

• I knew there was something wrong. She said she was feeling fine.

Even if she said she was feeling fine, I knew there was something wrong.

• I left the party early. I was feeling unwell.

I left the party early as I was feeling unwell.

• Sheila doesn’t take risks. She is a sensible driver.

Being a sensible driver, Sheila doesn’t take risks/ Sheila is a sensible driver, she doesn’t take risks.

• Last summer the Smiths went to the US. The Johnsons went to South Africa.

Last summer the Smiths went to the US while the Johnsons went to South Africa.

• I had lit the barbecue. It started to rain.

Just as I had lit the barbecue, it started to rain.

• I hid the presents. Jack wouldn’t find them.

I hid the presents, so that Jack wouldn’t fine them.

• The salary being offered for the job was very low. There were 650 applicants for the job.

Even though the salary being offered was very low, there were…

• You’d better go now. If you don’t you’ll miss your bus.

If you don’t go now, you’ll miss your bus.

• The patient was finally able to see the doctor. He had been waiting for two hours.

After having waited for two hours, the patient…

• There were no trains that morning. Most people managed to get to work.

As there were no trains that morning, most people…

• Mr Williams will rub the butter into the flour. That is how he will begin.

Mr Williams will begin by rubbing the butter into the flour.

• The novel is set in Kaunas. The initial chapter focus on a description of Vita’s father.

The novel, whose initial chapters focus on a description of Vita’s father, is set in Kaunas

• His tooth was extremely painful. He asked the dentist to remove it.

As his tooth was…, he asked…

• It was a chilly night in November. Emily only wore a thin sweater.

Even though/ Although/Even if it was chilly night, Emily only wore a thin sweater.

• I looked everywhere for her ring for two hours. Eventually I found it.

After having looked everywhere for her ring for two hours, I eventually found it.

• Stephen Hawking is paralyzed by a degenerative disease. He is renowned for his breakthroughs in science.

S.H., who is paralyzed by a degenerative disease, is renowned for his breakthrough in science.