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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!