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Hello! What are you guys looking at?

I’m showing Ashley pictures of my girlfriend. We have so much in common even small things. She can’t whistle and I can’t either.

And here’s a picture of my boyfriend.

My family is big and so is his. I don’t like ball sports and he doesn’t either! We are made for each other .

And so are we. (sighs)

Uh, you have found perfect partners, and so have I!

Pete and Ashley are talking about people they love. They are putting two ideas together with connectors.

Let’s start with these two sentences: She can’t whistle. Pete can’t whistle. How do you put them together?

Pete says, “She can’t whistle and I can’t either.”

You can see we just add the conjunction “either” and take away the verb “whistle.” And Ashley says: “I don’t like ball sports and he doesn’t either!”

Keep looking for connectors!

You met someone, Anna? That’s great! What’s his name?

His name? His name is uh… Bus…ter. Car … ter.

Bus.ter Car.ter?

It’s just Buster Carter, Ashley. I like him and he likes me. We’re a great couple.

Hey, let’s all get dinner tonight, together. You can bring Buster.

Yeah, I can’t wait to meet him.

Thanks, Ashley, but he’s really busy tonight with his uh, squirrel collection. Bye, guys! Gotta go!

Squirrel collection?

You know, she made all that up.

That’s so sad. She needs to meet someone. Hey, do you know anyone who she might.

No.

Anna, Anna, you lied! You lied! Now, they think you have a boyfriend - with a squirrel collection. Here, squirrel. (throws food) Well, you need to tell them the truth. You don’t have a boyfriend.

Excuse me, is this seat taken?

Ashley, Pete, I need to talk to you. This morning, I lied.

Let me guess. There’s no Buster Carter. What a surprise!

I’m sorry. But later I really did meet someone and we have a lot in common!

He’s good at flying kites and so am I.

He likes to read comics and so do I.

I can play the ukulele and so can he.

He sounds perfect for you, Anna. Can he come tonight?

That’s the sad part. You see, he just got a job as a spy, and tonight he leaves on assignment.

Of course he does.

But that’s okay, because now I know that there is someone out there made for me. (looks at the time) Oh, it’s late! I have to see him off at the train station. Bye, you guys!

Bye Anna! Oh dear, she’s worse than we thought.

She’s lost her mind.

What should we do?

Let’s tell her!

No, Pete. Mr. Right may not be real but he makes her really happy.

Did you find any other connectors? Notice how the words are in a different order in the part after “so.” “I am” becomes “am I” and “he can” becomes “can he.