Conjunctive Adverbs STAAR Style

My favorite pizza is pepperoni;​ (a)   , I will eat cheese if it is all they have.

• however
• now

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TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

________, we can now determine the right answer since I have already explained how we eliminated the wrong ones.

• Equally

• Otherwise

• Furthermore

• Namely

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CCSS.W.7.1C

CCSS.W.7.2C

Jeremy kept talking in class; ______, he got in trouble.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

I like you a lot; ​ (a)   , I think we should be best friends.

• in fact
• instead
• however

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

Reorder the following by the correct structure of a compound sentence containing a conjunctive adverb

• comma

• first independent clause

• conjunctive adverb

• semicolon

• second independent clause

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

Select the TWO correct options for this sentence:

My car payments are high; ________, I really enjoy driving such a nice vehicle.

• furthermore

• on the other hand

• instead

• however

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.7.4A

You need to put more effort into your work; ​ (a)   , you won’t get a passing grade.

• otherwise
• unless
• moreover

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.W.7.2C

Jared is a millionaire; __________________, his brother Jeremy is always flat broke.

• likewise

• again

• accordingly

• in contrast

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

She is a very smart girl​ (a)   ­­­­­­­­­­­­​therefore (b)   it’s not at all surprising that she gets such good grades.

• ;
• ,

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TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

We wanted to spend the day at the beach; ______________________, it rained so we stayed home.

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.W.7.3C