Skill 6: USE COORDINATE CONNECTORS CORRECTLY



When you have two clauses in an English sentence, you must connect the two clauses correctly. One way to connect two clauses is to use and, but, or, so, or yet between the clauses.

Tom is singing, and Paul is dancing.
Tom is tall, but Paul is short.
Tom must write the letter, or Paul will do it.
Tom told a joke, so Paul laughed.
Tom is tired, yet he is not going to sleep.

In each of these examples, there are two clauses that are correctly joined with a coordinate conjunction and, but, or, so, or yet, and a comma (,).

Example:

A power failure occurred, _____ the lamps went out.
(A) then
(B) so
(C) later
(D) next

In this example you should notice quickly that there are two clauses, 'a power failure occurred' and 'the lamps went out'. This sentence needs a connector to join the two clauses. 'Then, later, and next' are not connectors, so answers (A), (C) , and (D) are not correct. The best answer is answer (B) because so can connect two clauses.

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