ELC Study Zone: Compound Sentences 1

Compound Sentences 1

Follow the instructions for each question. One question has more than one correct answer.

Click on the button beside the correct answer.

Identify the answer that is incorrect.
1. My friend wants to be a hockey player. He practices each day of the week.
2. My friend wants to be a hockey player, he practices each day of the week.
3. My friend wants to be a hockey player, so he practices each day of the week.
4. My friend wants to be a hockey player; he practices every week.
Identify the answers that are incorrect.
1. My dog barks at strangers, so he never attacks people.
2. My dog barks at strangers, but he never attacks people.
3. My dog barks at strangers. He never attacks people.
4. My dog barks at strangers, yet he never attacks people.
Identify the answer that is incorrect.
1. He didn't have enough money, so the store clerk lowered the price.
2. He didn't have enough money. The store clerk lowered the price.
3. He didn't have enough money, the store clerk lowered the price.
4. He didn't have enough money, but the store clerk lowered the price.
Identify the answer that is incorrect.
1. I will help you, for my work is finished.
2. I will help you. My work is finished.
3. I will help you; my work is finished.
4. I will help you, my work is finished.
Identify the answer that is incorrect.
1. My family ate some of the cookies. I ate most of them.
2. My family ate some of the cookies, so I ate most of them.
3. My family ate some of the cookies, but I ate most of them.
4. My family ate some of the cookies; I ate most of them.
Identify the answer that is incorrect.
1. Exercising regularly is important. So is eating a balanced diet.
2. Exercising regularly is important, and so is eating a balanced diet.
3. Exercising regularly is important; so is eating a balanced diet.
4. Exercising regularly is important, so eating a balanced diet.
Identify the answer that is incorrect.
1. It was dark, but we had a long way to go.
2. It was dark. We had a long way to go.
3. It was dark, so we had a long way to go.
4. It was dark, and we had a long way to go.
Identify the answer that is incorrect.
1. The pipe was leaking, so we called a plumber.
2. The pipe was leaking, for we called a plumber.
3. The pipe was leaking. We called a plumber.
Identify the answer that is incorrect.
1. She arrived late, so the meeting had already started.
2. The meeting had already started, for she arrived late.
3. She arrived late and the meeting had already started.
4. She arrived late, the meeting had already started.
Identify the answer that is incorrect.
1. It snowed heavily during the night, so the roads were hazardous.
2. During the night, it snowed heavily, so the roads were hazardous.
3. The roads were hazardous , for it snowed heavily during the night.
4. The roads were hazardous, so it snowed heavily during the night.
Identify the answer that is incorrect.
1. The movie was boring. I stopped watching it.
2. The movie was boring, but I stopped watching it.
3. I stopped watching the movie, for it was boring.
4. The movie was boring, so I stopped watching it.
Identify the answer that is incorrect.
1. Yuriko baked the cake. One of her sisters decorated it.
2. One of her sisters decorated the cake, but Yuriko baked it.
3. Yuriko baked it, but one of her sisters decorated the cake.
4. One of her Yuriko's sisters decorated the cake, so she baked it.
Identify the answer that is incorrect.
1. I looked for my friend, he had already left.
2. I looked for my friend, but he had already left.
3. I looked for my friend. He had already left.