Choose the sentence that best combines the underlined
sentences.
1: Watching a TV show is a passive behavior.
Playing a computer game is an interactive one.
a. Watching a TV show is a passive behavior, or
playing a computer game is an interactive one.
b. Watching a TV show is a passive behavior,
for playing a computer game is an
interactive one.
c. Watching a TV show is a passive behavior,
but playing a computer game is an
interactive one.
d. Being that playing a computer game is an
interactive one, watching a TV show is a
passive behavior.
2:. Socrates taught that we should question
everything, even the law. He was both greatly
loved and profoundly hated.
a. That he was both greatly loved and
profoundly hated, Socrates taught that we
should question everything, even the law.
b. Socrates taught that we should question
everything, even the law, so he was both
greatly loved and profoundly hated.
c. Socrates taught that we should question
everything, even the law, which he was both
greatly loved and profoundly hated.
d. Socrates taught that we should question
everything, even the law, for he was both
greatly loved and profoundly hated.
3:. Sailors are said to catch albatrosses with baited
hooks let down into the ship’s wake. To kill the
albatross was thought to be bad luck, so they
were released immediately.
a. Sailors are said to catch albatrosses with
baited hooks and let them down into the
ship’s wake, then release them again, for to
kill the albatross was thought to be bad luck.
b. With baited hooks let down into the ship’s
wake, sailors are said to catch albatrosses
then release them again, so to kill the albatross
was thought to be bad luck.
c. Sailors are said to catch albatrosses with
baited hooks let down into the ship’s wake,
then release them again, or to kill the albatross
was thought to be bad luck.
d. To kill the albatross was thought to be bad
luck, so sailors are said to catch albatrosses
with baited hooks let down into the ship’s
wake, only to release them immediately.
4:. The symptoms of diabetes often develop
gradually and are hard to identify at first.
Nearly half of all people with diabetes do not
know they have it.
a. The symptoms of diabetes often develop
gradually and are hard to identify at first, so
nearly half of all people with diabetes do
not know they have it.
b. The symptoms of diabetes often develop
gradually and are hard to identify at first,
yet nearly half of all people with diabetes do
not know they have it.
c. Nearly half of all people with diabetes do
not know they have it, and the symptoms of
diabetes often develop gradually and are
hard to identify at first.
d. The symptoms of diabetes often develop
gradually for nearly half of all people with
diabetes do not know they have it and are
hard to identify at first.
5:. The French philosopher Voltaire was greatly
respected. Voltaire spent almost a year
imprisoned in the Bastille.
a. The French philosopher Voltaire was greatly
respected, so he spent almost a year
imprisoned in the Bastille.
b. The French philosopher Voltaire was greatly
respected with almost a year imprisoned in
the Bastille.
c. The French philosopher Voltaire was greatly
respected, or he spent almost a year
imprisoned in the Bastille.
d. The French philosopher Voltaire was greatly
respected, yet he spent almost a year
imprisoned in the Bastille.
6:. I must buy some new shoes to wear to the
prom. My date, Donnie, will be upset if I wear
my flip-flops.
a. Unless my date, Donnie, will be upset if I
wear my flip-flops, I must buy some new
shoes to wear to the prom.
b. I must buy some new shoes to wear to the
prom, and my date, Donnie, will be upset if
I wear my flip-flops.
c. I must buy some new shoes to wear to the
prom, for my date, Donnie, will be upset if I
wear my flip-flops.
d. My date, Donnie, will be upset if I wear my
flip-flops while I must buy some new shoes
to wear to the prom.
7:. Sylvia is loaded with money. She can afford
that trip to Silver Dollar City.
a. Sylvia is loaded with money, or she can
afford that trip to Silver Dollar City.
b. Sylvia is loaded with money, but she can
afford that trip to Silver Dollar City.
c. Sylvia is loaded with money, so she can
afford that trip to Silver Dollar City.
d. Sylvia is loaded with money, yet she can
afford that trip to Silver Dollar City.
8:. The rules of statistics say that it is possible for
all the air in a room to move to one corner.
This is extremely unlikely.
a. The rules of statistics say that it is possible
for all the air in a room to move to one
corner, or this is extremely unlikely.
b. The rules of statistics say that it is possible
for all the air in a room to move to one
corner, but this is extremely unlikely.
c. This is extremely unlikely in that the rules of
statistics say that it is possible for all the air
in a room to move to one corner.
d. For all the air in a room to move to one
corner, this is extremely unlikely, according
to the rules of statistics saying that it is
possible.
9:. I must buy my dog a new license. If I don’t, I
will have to pay a fine.
a. I must buy my dog a new license, and I will
have to pay a fine.
b. I must buy my dog a new license; I will have
to pay a fine.
c. Unless I buy my dog a new license, I will
have to pay a fine.
d. I will have to pay a fine since I must buy my
dog a new license.
10. Bats are not rodents. Bats bear a surface
resemblance to a winged mouse.
a. Bats are not rodents, although they do bear
a resemblance to a winged mouse.
b. Bats are not rodents that they bear a surface
resemblance to a winged mouse.
c. Bats are not rodents, when they bear a
surface resemblance to a winged mouse.
d. Bats are not rodents, if they bear a surface
resemblance to a winged mouse

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