合并短句可以讓你的文章更連貫，讀者閱讀的時候思路也會更清晰。讓我們通過下面的舉例來學習如何合并短句。

　　例1， The glee club held a fund-raiser, the basketball team also held a fundraiser.

　　Improved sentences: The glee club and the basketball team held fundraisers

　　例2， Kareem opened the door, He invited all of us in.

　　Improved sentences: Kareem opened the door and invited all of us in.

　　例3， The most valuable player on the basketball team will give the graduation speech. She is the star of this years musical.

　　Improved sentences: The most valuable player on the basketball team, who is also the star of this years musical, will give the graduation speech

　　例4， The wide receiver ran down the field. He caught the winning touchdown pass

　　Improved sentences: Running down the field, the wide receiver caught the winning pass

　　例5， The writer wanted to finish his reading. He did not want to be interrupted with questions

　　Improved sentences: The writer did not want to be interrupted with questions before he finished his reading.