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

1. Sentence Combination Exercise:

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.

Culture Minister Uraiwan Thienthong on Friday delayed a decision on a resort project on Phanom Rung historical park’s ancient pond as local agencies which proposed the project and the Fine Arts Department continued to differ on details.

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.

Acharn Surapon Duangkae, Secretary General of ‘BlueSea’ Fund, talked about the goals of the campaign, pointing out that the negative environmental impacts on Thailand’s sea grass beds and coral reefs harms the tourism sector.

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.

Ms. Rowling’s four books, the first of which she wrote as a penniless single mother in Edinburgh, have sold almost 200 million copies in 55 languages.

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.

After recovering from heart surgery in January, Sir Doyle travelled to South Africa to visit his son Mark, but he fell ill and died before he met with his son.

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.

Swiss researcher Ilse Walker came across the ell-like fish while carrying out research on shrimp in flood plains near Mancos, the capital of Amazoras state.