English Test: Coordination & Subordination

Does the following sentence need a comma? Yes or no?

McDonald’s sells 75 or more burgers per second.

• yes

• no

Does the following sentence need a comma? Yes or no?

The original McDonald’s menu did not offer French fries but they now serve 9 million pounds of fries per day globally.

• yes

• no

Does the following sentence need a comma? Yes or no?

The Chick-fil-a chicken sandwich secret recipe has not changed in over 50 years and it is kept locked away in a secret vault at company headquarters.

• yes

• no

Does the following sentence need a comma? Yes or no?

The Big Mac was introduced in 1968 and sold for only 49 cents

• yes

• no

Does the following sentence need a comma? Yes or no?

Chick-fil-a sandwiches are fried in 100 percent peanut oil so the company is the largest buyer of U.S. peanut oil.

• yes

• no

An _________ clause is a group of related words that can stand alone.

A __________ clause is a group of words that CANNOT stand alone; also known as a fragment.

What is the acronym used for coordinating conjunctions?

A coordinating conjunction needs a _______________________placed before it in a sentence, only if it is between two independent clauses

Coordination is done with two _______________________ clauses.