Choose the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences given.

Festivals show national pride. They also strengthen community bonds.

Twice as many people were unemployed in 2005 compared to 2009.

Twice as many people were unemployed in 2009 than in 2005.

There were twice as many unemployed people in 2005 compared to 2009.

There were twice as many unemployed people in 2009 as in 2005.

The share price fluctuated; as the upward trend.

The share price fluctuated; consequently, the trend was slightly upward.

The share price fluctuated; due to the upward trend.

The share price fluctuated; however, the trend was slightly upward.

Multicultural festivals are organized every year so that people celebrate cultural diversity.

People celebrate cultural diversity by organizing multicultural festivals every year.

Celebrating cultural diversity makes people organize multicultural festivals every year.

Unless people celebrate cultural diversity, they organize multicultural festivals every year.

Globalization connects cultures, and it also threatens cultural traditions.

Globalization neither connects cultures nor threatens cultural traditions.

Globalization connects cultures because it threatens cultural traditions.

Globalization threatens cultural traditions, but it cannot connect cultures.

The teacher introduced multicultural lessons so that students became more open-minded.

Students became more open-minded even though the teacher introduced multicultural lessons.

The teacher introduced multicultural lessons unless students became more open-minded.

Students became more open-minded, but the teacher didn’t introduce multicultural lessons.

The industrial production fell quickly in ten years from 1990 to 2000.

The industrial production fell steadily in ten years from 1990 to 2000.

The industrial production rose sharply in ten years from 1990 to 2000.

The industrial production rose slightly in ten years from 1990 to 2000.

The students joined the cultural exchange program in order to learn more about other traditions.

The students joined the cultural exchange program because they had already learned about other traditions.

The students joined the cultural exchange program, so they refused to learn more about other traditions.

The students joined the cultural exchange program, although they wanted to learn more about other traditions.