Question

Combining Sentences

Prompt

Read the sentences below. Notice that
these sentences are short and choppy
and they repeat some information:

• Sir Nils Olav is a king penguin.

• Sir Nils Olav lives in Edinburgh
Zoo.

• Edinburgh Zoo is in Scotland.

• Sir Nils Olav is the only
penguin in the world who's
been knighted.

Combine the sentences to make one
sentence that flows well.

Bonus challenge: See if you can write
a second sentence that combines the
short sentences in a different way!

Answer 1

Sir Nils Olav is a king penguin that lives in Edinburgh Zoo - which is in Scotland - and is the only penguin in the world who's been knighted.

Challenge: A penguin named Sir Nils Olav lives in a zoo in Scotland named Edinburgh Zoo and is the only penguin in the world who's been knighted.