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Coordinate Conjunctions Practice: Choose The Best Completion For Each Sentence

The document provides examples of sentences using coordinate conjunctions and asks the reader to choose the best completion for each sentence or combine two simple sentences into one compound sentence using "nor". It offers 20 practice sentences with answer keys demonstrating the proper use of conjunctions like "but", "or", "yet", "so", and "nor" to join independent clauses.

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Coordinate Conjunctions Practice: Choose The Best Completion For Each Sentence

The document provides examples of sentences using coordinate conjunctions and asks the reader to choose the best completion for each sentence or combine two simple sentences into one compound sentence using "nor". It offers 20 practice sentences with answer keys demonstrating the proper use of conjunctions like "but", "or", "yet", "so", and "nor" to join independent clauses.

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Coordinate Conjunctions Practice—Answer Key

Choose the best completion for each sentence.

1. I remember most of the Spanish that I studied, but __________.


a. I also remember French
b. I read a book in Spanish last month
c. I have forgotten most of my Arabic
2. When I get sick, I go to the doctor’s office, or __________.
a. the doctor gives me medicine
b. I just take some vitamins
c. the doctor can’t help me
3. John lived in Germany for years, yet __________.
a. he speaks fluent German
b. he can’t speak German
c. he doesn’t speak English
4. I needed some flour to bake a cake, so __________.
a. I ate cake
b. I went to the store
c. it was my mom’s birthday
5. I got my haircut last week, for __________.
a. it was really long
b. now it’s short
c. I also dyed my hair
6. It rains a lot here, but __________.
a. the ground is wet
b. it seldom hails
c. I like storms
7. I need to cast my ballot for the new law. I might vote ‘yes’, or __________.
a. I voted ‘no’
b. I don’t like new laws
c. I might vote ‘no’
8. Rebecca is very close to her stepdad, yet __________.
a. she has never met her biological father
b. she is also close to her mom
c. she talks to him every day
9. I don’t have a car, and __________.
a. I don’t have a bike
b. I have a bike
c. I like cars
10. On Fridays, I get home late, or __________ depending on traffic.
a. I don’t like to be late
b. I get home early
c. do I get home early
11. I have never ridden a motorcycle, nor __________.
a. do I ever plan on riding one
b. have I ever plan on riding one
c. will I ever planned on riding one

Combine the two simple sentences into one compound sentence using NOR

12. I don’t eat sushi. I don’t eat hamburgers.


I don’t eat sushi, nor do I eat hamburgers. /I don’t eat hamburgers, nor do I eat sushi.
13. I have never seen the movie. I have never read the book.
I have never seen the movie, nor have I (ever) read the book. / I have never read the book,
nor have I (ever)seen the movie.
14. I didn’t do the homework. I didn’t study.
I didn’t do the homework, nor did I study. / I didn’t study, nor did I do the homework.
15. I won’t tell you my secret. My brother won’t tell you his secret.
I won’t tell you my secret, nor will my brother tell you his secret. /My brother won’t tell
you his secret, nor will I tell you my secret.
16. I wasn’t very good at soccer as a kid. I wasn’t very good at basketball.
I wasn’t very good at soccer as a kid, nor was I very good at basketball. / I wasn’t very
good at basketball, nor was I very good at soccer as a kid.
17. I didn’t eat breakfast yesterday. I won’t eat breakfast tomorrow.
I didn’t eat breakfast yesterday, nor will I eat breakfast tomorrow. /I won’ t eat breakfast
tomorrow, nor did I eat breakfast yesterday.
18. The professor doesn’t speak loudly enough. He doesn’t annunciate well.
The professor doesn’t speak loudly enough, nor does he annunciate well. / The professor
doesn’t annunciate well, nor does he speak loudly enough.
19. My sister hasn’t called me yet this week. She hasn’t emailed me.
My sister hasn’t called me this week, nor has she emailed me. / My sister hasn’t emailed
me, nor has she called me this week.
20. I’m not going to call him. I’m not going to text him.
I’m not going to call him, nor am I going to text him. /I’m not going to text him, nor am I
going to call him.

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