Question

1. choose the best answer.

which of these is the best combination of the following two sentences?
the bird built a nest. the nest was in a tree.

• the bird built a nest, and the nest was in a tree.
• the bird built a nest in a tree.
• the bird nest built a tree.
• the tree built a bird nest.

1. choose the best answer.

which of these is the best combination of the following two sentences?
we went to the mall. we went to the shoe store.

• to the shoe store, we went to the mall.
• we went to the shoe store in the mall.
• we went to the mall to the shoe store.
• we went to the shoe store, but we went to the mall.

Explanation:

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We need to combine "The bird built a nest." and "The nest was in a tree." in a grammatically correct and meaningful way. The first option uses "and" but is more wordy. The second option "The bird built a nest in a tree." combines the two ideas concisely (the nest the bird built is in a tree). The third and fourth options have incorrect subject - verb - object relationships (the bird doesn't build a tree, and a tree can't build a nest).

We need to combine "We went to the mall." and "We went to the shoe store." in a logical way. The first option has an incorrect word order. The second option "We went to the shoe store in the mall." is logical as shoe stores are often in malls. The third option has an incorrect prepositional phrase usage. The fourth option uses "but" which is illogical as going to the mall and then the shoe store (or vice - versa) is not a contrasting action.

Answer:

The bird built a nest in a tree.

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