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The northern lights glow
in Norway.

ACTIVITY 9 Building Greater Sentences

Combine these short sentences into one sentence. You can add new words and move words around, but
you should not add or omit any ideas. More than one answer is possible, but these sentences require a
prepositional phrase or preposition combination.

1. a. The northern lights appear in Norway.
b. They are in the northern region.
c. Northern lights appear in late autumn.
d. They also appear in winter and early spring.

2. a. Products are located near the front.
b. Products are in supermarkets.
c. These products sell more quickly.
d. This is generally true.
e. This is because of their location.

3. a. Twitter is very popular now.
b. Twitter is popular all over the world.
c. There are hundreds of millions of tweets a day.
d. There are hundreds of billions of tweets a year.

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