Directions: Combine each sets of sentences into one sentence, using a) as the core idea.

1. Sentence Combination Exercise:

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a. Culture Minister Uraiwan Thienthong on Friday delayed a decision.
b. The decision was on a resort project.
c. The resort will be built on Phanom Rung historical park’s ancient pond.
d. The local agencies and the Fine Arts Department continued to differ on details.
e. The local agencies proposed the project.

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2.
a. Acharn Surapon Duangkhae talked about the goals of the campaign.
b. He is Secretary General of the ‘BlueSea’ Fund.
c. He pointed out that the negative environmental impact harms the tourism sector.
d. The impact was on Thailand’s sea grass beds.
e. The impact was on Thailand’s coral reefs.

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3.
a. The four books have sold almost 200 million copies in 55 languages.
b. The books belonged to J.R. Rowling.
c. The first of the four books was written.
d. She was a penniless mother.
e. She lived in Edinburgh.

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4.
a. Sir Doyle travelled to South Africa.
b. He recovered from heart surgery in January.
c. The purpose of his trip was to visit his son Mark.
d. He fell ill and died.
e. He met with his son.

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5.
a. Swiss reseacher came across the ell-like fish.
b. Her name was Ilse Walker.
c. She was carrying out research on shrimps.
d. The shrimps live in flood plains near Mancos.
e. Mancos is the capitalof Amazoras state.

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