In view of the analysis on the characteristics of the generalized Burgers equation, generalized KdV equation and generalized Burgers–KdV equation, a combination method is presented to seek the explicit and exact solutions to the generalized Burgers–KdV equation by combining with those of the generalized Burgers equation and generalized KdV equation. As a result, many explicit and exact solutions for the generalized Burgers–KdV equation are successfully obtained by this technique.