Use a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb to combine the following sentence pairs.

Question

• Paige’s history class syllabus indicates that a big research paper will be due soon. She has made plans to visit her history professor during his office hours to discuss it.
• Nicoletta isn’t sure what she wants to major in. She made an appointment to see an academic advisor.
• Ramen noodles are a quick and inexpensive meal. They are not healthy as the sole element of a student’s diet.
• Jason’s busy work schedule gets in the way of his social life. The money helps pay his tuition bill.
• First, it started to rain while I was driving to work this morning. Hailstones began bombarding my windshield.
• My mother dislikes violence in movies and on television. She only watches romantic comedies and cooking shows.
• Jake Steinberg and Amanda Ornelas graduated from Carver High School. They enrolled at Mount Walton Community College.
• This smartphone’s operating system is now available in a new version. Rocio wants to download it.
• At the scene of the car accident, my brother wrote down the other driver’s insurance information. My sister-in-law got out her cellphone to call for roadside assistance.
• The Web site advertised free merchandise. It crashed due to heavy traffic.

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