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Combining Simple Sentences Key


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For each question below, choose the multiple that correctly shows the two simple sentences joined with either and or or.

Teacher's Note: Question number 5 has two possible answers. Explain to your students that since the question does not indicate whether only one choice was possible, (the opera or the ballet) there may be cases where "and" is more acceptable than "or." "Did you go to the opera and the ballet?," with the word "and" stressed indicates surprise and disbelief. "Did you go to the opera and the ballet? I can't believe you had time to do both." Where as, the conjunction "or" is used when only one choice is possible. ""Did you go to the opera or the ballet? I know you could not have gone to both."


  1. I got angry. I ran away.

    2. A: b. I got angry, and ran away.

  2. I don't know how to speak Japanese. I don't know how to speak German.

    3. A: c. I don't know how to speak Japanese or German.

  3. Would you like green tea? Would you like black tea?

    4. A: d. Would you like green tea or black tea?

  4. My girlfriend likes fine jewelry and expensive clothes. Her friend likes fine jewelry and expensive clothes.

    5. A: c. My girlfriend and her friend like fine jewelry and expensive clothes.

  5. Did you go to the opera? Did you go to the ballet?

    6. A: a. Did you go to the opera, and the ballet?
    A: c. Did you go to the opera or the ballet?





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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