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Standardized test results can help measure the progress of individual students, and they are far less able to mea-sure the effectiveness of entire school systems.. Standardized test res

Worksheet 15: Coordinating Ideas

Make any necessary corrections to the following sentences to coordinate the clauses logically and concisely.

1 Standardized test results can help measure the progress of individual students, and they are far less able to

mea-sure the effectiveness of entire school systems.

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2 A consistent program of vigorous aerobic exercise maintains cardiovascular health, it also helps your brain to

work more effectively.

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3 If the Mets could just get some consistent relief pitching; they might be able to put a winning streak together.

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4 We never should have bought the plane tickets, and it would have been much easier to drive.

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5 The convention was not the success they had hoped it would be, their lead presenter came down with the flu; the

salesman who had to fill in had never given a presentation in front of an audience.

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6 Since 1998, the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been the deadliest since World War II, it has

claimed over 3.3 million lives.

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7 Mrs Donovan seems to inspire every one of her students to achieve; she inspires them despite having to

man-age classes that sometimes number over 35 students.

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8 The lab took us twice as long to complete as any of our other labs; but it was also the most worthwhile.

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Answer Key 15: Coordinating Ideas

in the Constitution, many of those rights were bit-terly contested by the Founding Fathers; in fact, the Constitution is much more a political compromise than a steadfast commitment to a set of ideals.

7 The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which claims that our thoughts are guided and limited by constraints on our language, has been largely disproven, and sci-entists now understand that having thoughts and expressing them are very different things.

8 Even in free and democratic societies, corporations can effectively control the opinions of the people not through force, as totalitarian societies do, but through the media, largely because the people don’t believe they are being manipulated.

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1 when the two clauses are independent and are

very closely related

2 when the two clauses are independent and the

second clause explains the first

3 a sentence that joins two independent clauses

without a colon, a semicolon, or a conjunction

4 BOYFANS: but, or, yet, for, and, nor, so

5 Tony Horwitz’s book Confederates in the Attic, a

poignant and funny portrayal of the legacy of the

Civil War in the modern South, has received

wide-spread critical acclaim.

6 Although many people believe that the Founding

Fathers agreed unanimously to safeguard our rights

Worksheet 15

1 Standardized test results can help measure the

progress of individual students, but they are far less

able to measure the effectiveness of entire school

systems.

2 A consistent program of vigorous aerobic exercise

maintains cardiovascular health and helps your

brain to work more effectively.

3 If the Mets could just get some consistent relief

pitching, they might be able to put a winning streak

together.

4 We never should have bought the plane tickets; it

would have been much easier to drive.

5 The convention was not the success they had hoped

it would be; their lead presenter came down with the

flu, and the salesman who had to fill in had never given a presentation in front of an audience.

6 Since 1998, the civil war in the Democratic Re-public of Congo has been the deadliest since World War II, claiming over 3.3 million lives.

7 Despite having to manage classes that sometimes number over 35 students, Mrs Donovan seems to inspire every one of her students to achieve.

8 The lab took us twice as long to complete as any of our other labs, but it was also the most worthwhile.

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PRACTICE TESTS

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Directions for Test

six 25-minute sections, two 20-minute sections, and one 10-minute section.

does not count toward your score That section has been omitted from this test.

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When you take the real SAT, you will be asked to fill in your personal information in grids as shown below.

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ONLY ANSWERS ENTERED IN THE CIRCLES IN EACH GRID WILL BE SCORED YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CREDIT FOR ANYTHING WRITTEN IN THE BOXES ABOVE THE CIRCLES.

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ONLY ANSWERS ENTERED IN THE CIRCLES IN EACH GRID WILL BE SCORED YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CREDIT FOR ANYTHING WRITTEN IN THE BOXES ABOVE THE CIRCLES.

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Use the answer spaces in the grids below for Section 6 or Section 7 only if you are told to do so in your test book.

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