Jigsaw Sentences
Join each group of sentences together to make single sentence, in as many ways as you can.
Join each group of sentences together to make single sentence, in as many ways as you can.
Combine each group of two or more sentences into a single sentence. Change any words you like so long as the basic ideas remain the same; try introducing speech, personal names or any descriptive details you like. Do not be satisfied with the first sentence you think of; think of several, and choose the best. Some sentences are from NL Clay’s textbooks, others are drawn from English literature.
1. Suppose there is some hitch. A national treasure will be lost. We will never get it back.
Hope. If. Recover.
2. He took a key from his pocket. He unlocked the door. He flung it open.
Draw. Turn.
3. You say I’m a thief. You have given no proof.
Accuse. Back up. Justify.
4. I saw him in the garden this afternoon. He was pacing up and down. That was the last time I saw him.
Since. When.
5. I was curious. I went down. It was risky.
Better. Drive. Know.
6. I did not find the body. A housemaid did.
One. Who.