Grade 7 · Reading & language
Combine ideas without changing meaning practice
Combine related sentences while preserving contrast, cause, time and limitations.
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READ THE PASSAGE
The garden received less rain this week. Its stored water supplied the difference.
Which revision keeps the original meaning?
- Rain increased because the storage tank was empty.
- Stored water helped the garden through a week with less rain.
- The garden received no water of any kind.
- Stored water caused the rain to stop.
See the answer & why
Stored water helped the garden through a week with less rain.
The revision combines the lower rainfall and compensating stored water.
A little hint: Keep both original ideas and their relationship. Do not add a cause, certainty or comparison the text does not supply.
A teaching tip
Keep both original ideas and their relationship. Do not add a cause, certainty or comparison the text does not supply.