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

1. Sentence Combination Exercise:

1.
a. I wish to say something.
b. I had a wonderful time.
c. Train travel is more pleasurable than air travel.
d. Train travel is more pleasurable than road trips.
e. I took a train trip from China to Mongolia.

After I took a train trip from China to Mongolia, I wish to say that I had a wonderful time because train travel is more pleasurable than air travel or road trips.

2.
a. What has not altered is something
b. The atmosphere of the train has not altered.
c. The passengers's peculiar stories have not altered.
d. The reminiscences have not altered.
e. They are inspired by the passing landscape.

What has not altered is the atmosphere of the train, the passenger's peculiar stories, and the reminiscences inspired by the passing landscape.

3.
a. The ultimate message is something.
b. A woman is defined by who she is.
c. A woman is not defined by what she wears.
d. A woman is not defined by how round her chapatis are.

The ultimate message is that a woman is defined by who she is, not what she wears or how round her chapatis are.

4.
a. Scientists reported something last week.
b. They work at the Oregon Research Institute in Eugene.
c. Tai Chi offers the greatest benefit to older men and women.
d. The men and women are healthy.
e. The men and women are inactive.

Scientists at the Oregon Research Institute in Eugene reported last week that Tai Chi offers the greatest benefit to older men and women who are healthy but inactive.