ACT Lesson 20: Coordinating Conjunctions

ACT Lesson 20:

Coordinating Conjunctions​

Ms. Massengale

Multiple Choice

1.  Jim loved his puppy, he wasn’t ready for the responsibility of taking care of a pet.

• A.  NO CHANGE

• B.  puppy, but

• C.  puppy but,

• D.  puppy, however

Multiple Choice

2.  For this reason, the 1992 U.S. men’s Olympic   basketball team was described by American journalists as the greatest sports team ever assembled. It was   nicknamed the “Dream Team.”

  Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?

• F.  assembled and

• G.  assembled, and it

•   H.  assembled, it

•   J.  assembled; it

Multiple Choice

3.  Although the cut on Karen’s knee was small in size, but it was deep and blood loss was significant.

• A.  NO CHANGE

•   B.  size and

•   C.  size that

•   D.  size,

Multiple Choice

1.  In A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat depicts groups of people relaxing in a suburban park on an island in the Seine River with several animals are present in the scene.

•   A.  NO CHANGE

• B.  River and several

• C.  River. Several

•   D.  River, so several

Multiple Choice

2.  Most of the houses escaped the tornado without a scratch; none, sustained irreparable damage.

• F.  NO CHANGE

• G.  scratch but none

• H.  scratch; none

• J.  scratch because none,

Multiple Choice

3.  Where Patricia spent freely and saved little. Her mother was a penny-pincher and constantly chastised her daughter’s financial decisions.

•   A.  NO CHANGE

• B.  little, but her

•   C.  little and her

•   D.  little, her

Multiple Choice

4.  Although Mrs. Zervoudakis, our next-door neighbor for many years, never shared the recipe for her delicious baklava, but she enjoyed it when people tried to guess the ingredients.

•   F.  NO CHANGE

•   G.  while

•   H.  and

• J.  DELETE the underlined portion.