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Grade 7 · Reading & language

Combine ideas without changing meaning

Combine related sentences while preserving contrast, cause, time and limitations.

8 authored questions + worked example

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Worked example

The hall was small. It held every member of the group.

Which revision keeps the original meaning?

Answer & why

Answer: Although the hall was small, it held every member of the group.

The revision preserves the contrast without inventing a cause.

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All questions

All 8 authored questions for this skill.

Question 1

Some visitors preferred the map. Others preferred the written directions.

Which revision keeps the original meaning?

  1. Visitors differed: some preferred the map, while others preferred written directions.
  2. The written directions were proved incorrect.
  3. Nobody used any directions.
  4. All visitors preferred the map.
A hint

Keep both original ideas and their relationship. Do not add a cause, certainty or comparison the text does not supply.

Answer & why

Answer: Visitors differed: some preferred the map, while others preferred written directions.

The revision preserves the difference in preferences.

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Question 2

The garden received less rain this week. Its stored water supplied the difference.

Which revision keeps the original meaning?

  1. Rain increased because the storage tank was empty.
  2. Stored water helped the garden through a week with less rain.
  3. The garden received no water of any kind.
  4. Stored water caused the rain to stop.
A hint

Keep both original ideas and their relationship. Do not add a cause, certainty or comparison the text does not supply.

Answer & why

Answer: Stored water helped the garden through a week with less rain.

The revision combines the lower rainfall and compensating stored water.

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Question 3

The hall was small. It held every member of the group.

Which revision keeps the original meaning?

  1. Only small groups may use the hall.
  2. Although the hall was small, it held every member of the group.
  3. The hall was too small for any member.
  4. The group grew because the hall was small.
A hint

Keep both original ideas and their relationship. Do not add a cause, certainty or comparison the text does not supply.

Answer & why

Answer: Although the hall was small, it held every member of the group.

The revision preserves the contrast without inventing a cause.

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Question 4

The path was closed. The group chose a different route because of the closure.

Which revision keeps the original meaning?

  1. The group chose a new route before any closure.
  2. Because the path was closed, the group chose another route.
  3. The path closed because the group walked elsewhere.
  4. The group closed every route.
A hint

Keep both original ideas and their relationship. Do not add a cause, certainty or comparison the text does not supply.

Answer & why

Answer: Because the path was closed, the group chose another route.

The revision keeps the stated direction of cause and effect.

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Question 5

Lena measured the board. Ravi recorded the measurement at the same time.

Which revision keeps the original meaning?

  1. Ravi measured nothing until the next day.
  2. Ravi's record caused the board to grow.
  3. While Lena measured the board, Ravi recorded the measurement.
  4. Lena recorded Ravi's height.
A hint

Keep both original ideas and their relationship. Do not add a cause, certainty or comparison the text does not supply.

Answer & why

Answer: While Lena measured the board, Ravi recorded the measurement.

While expresses the stated simultaneous actions.

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Question 6

The sample was small. It cannot establish the preferences of the whole town.

Which revision keeps the original meaning?

  1. The town had no preferences.
  2. A small sample always gives false answers.
  3. The sample proves everyone's preference.
  4. The sample was too small to establish the whole town's preferences.
A hint

Keep both original ideas and their relationship. Do not add a cause, certainty or comparison the text does not supply.

Answer & why

Answer: The sample was too small to establish the whole town's preferences.

The revision preserves the limitation rather than exaggerating it.

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Question 7

The library added seats. It did not remove any shelves.

Which revision keeps the original meaning?

  1. No changes were made to the library.
  2. The library removed seats and shelves.
  3. The library added seats without removing shelves.
  4. Shelves were replaced by every seat.
A hint

Keep both original ideas and their relationship. Do not add a cause, certainty or comparison the text does not supply.

Answer & why

Answer: The library added seats without removing shelves.

Without accurately combines the addition with the absence of removal.

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Question 8

The first trial failed. The second trial succeeded after the joint was repaired.

Which revision keeps the original meaning?

  1. After a failed first trial, repairing the joint preceded a successful second trial.
  2. Both trials failed before any repair.
  3. The first trial succeeded without a joint.
  4. Every possible trial must now succeed.
A hint

Keep both original ideas and their relationship. Do not add a cause, certainty or comparison the text does not supply.

Answer & why

Answer: After a failed first trial, repairing the joint preceded a successful second trial.

The sentence keeps the sequence and avoids a universal claim.

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