Worksheet 15: Coordinating Ideas
570 MCGRAW-HILL’S SAT
Make any necessary corrections to the following sentences to coordinate the clauses logically and concisely.
- Standardized test results can help measure the progress of individual students, and they are far less able to mea-
sure the effectiveness of entire school systems.
- A consistent program of vigorous aerobic exercise maintains cardiovascular health, it also helps your brain to
work more effectively.
- If the Mets could just get some consistent relief pitching; they might be able to put a winning streak together.
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________- We never should have bought the plane tickets, and it would have been much easier to drive.
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________- The convention was not the success they had hoped it would be, their lead presenter came down with the flu; the
salesman who had to fill in had never given a presentation in front of an audience.
- Since 1998, the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been the deadliest since World War II, it has
claimed over 3.3 million lives.
- Mrs. Donovan seems to inspire every one of her students to achieve; she inspires them despite having to man-
age classes that sometimes number over 35 students.
- The lab took us twice as long to complete as any of our other labs; but it was also the most worthwhile.
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