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Worksheet 15: Coordinating Ideas
570 MCGRAW-HILL’S SAT
Make any necessary corrections to the following sentences to coordinate the clauses logically and concisely.
1. 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.
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2. A consistent program of vigorous aerobic exercise maintains cardiovascular health, it also helps your brain to
work more effectively.
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3. If the Mets could just get some consistent relief pitching; they might be able to put a winning streak together.
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4. We never should have bought the plane tickets, and it would have been much easier to drive.
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5. 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.
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6. 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.
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7. 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.
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8. 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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CHAPTER 15 / ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR SKILLS 571
Answer Key 15: Coordinating Ideas
in the Constitution, many of those rights were bit-
terly contested by the Founding Fathers; in fact, the
Constitution is much more a political compromise
than a steadfast commitment to a set of ideals.
7. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which claims that our
thoughts are guided and limited by constraints on
our language, has been largely disproven, and sci-
entists now understand that having thoughts and
expressing them are very different things.
8. Even in free and democratic societies, corporations
can effectively control the opinions of the people
not through force, as totalitarian societies do, but
through the media, largely because the people don’t
believe they are being manipulated.
Concept Review 15
1. when the two clauses are independent and are
very closely related
2. when the two clauses are independent and the
second clause explains the first
3. a sentence that joins two independent clauses
without a colon, a semicolon, or a conjunction
4. BOYFANS: but, or, yet, for, and, nor, so
5. Tony Horwitz’s book Confederates in the Attic, a
poignant and funny portrayal of the legacy of the
Civil War in the modern South, has received wide-
spread critical acclaim.
6. Although many people believe that the Founding

Fathers agreed unanimously to safeguard our rights
Worksheet 15
1. Standardized test results can help measure the
progress of individual students, but
they are far less
able to measure the effectiveness of entire school
systems.
2. A consistent program of vigorous aerobic exercise
maintains cardiovascular health and
helps your
brain to work more effectively.
3. If the Mets could just get some consistent relief
pitching, they might be able to put a winning streak
together.
4. We never should have bought the plane tickets; it
would have been much easier to drive.
5. The convention was not the success they had hoped
it would be; their lead presenter came down with the
flu, and
the salesman who had to fill in had never
given a presentation in front of an audience.
6. Since 1998, the civil war in the Democratic Re-
public of Congo has been the deadliest since World
War II, claiming
over 3.3 million lives.
7. Despite having to manage classes that sometimes
number over 35 students, Mrs. Donovan seems to
inspire every one of her students to achieve.
8. 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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PRACTICE TEST 1
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Date:_____________________________________ Testing Location:_______________________________________
Directions for Test
• Remove these answer sheets from the book and use them to record your answers to this test.
• This test will require 3 hours and 20 minutes to complete. Take this test in one sitting.
• The time allotment for each section is written clearly at the beginning of each section. This test contains
six 25-minute sections, two 20-minute sections, and one 10-minute section.
• This test is 25 minutes shorter than the actual SAT, which will include a 25-minute “experimental” section that
does not count toward your score. That section has been omitted from this test.
• You may take one short break during the test, of no more than 10 minutes in length.
• You may only work on one section at any given time.
• You must stop ALL work on a section when time is called.
• If you finish a section before the time has elapsed, check your work on that section. You may NOT work on any
other section.
• Do not waste time on questions that seem too difficult for you.
• Use the test book for scratchwork, but you will receive credit only for answers that are marked on the answer
sheets.
• You will receive one point for every correct answer.

• You will receive no points for an omitted question.
• For each wrong answer on any multiple-choice question, your score will be reduced by
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Use the answer spaces in the grids below for Section 2 or Section 3 only if you are
told to do so in your test book.
ONLY ANSWERS ENTERED IN THE CIRCLES IN EACH GRID WILL BE SCORED. YOU WILL
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leave the extra answer spaces blank. Be sure to erase any errors or stray marks completely.
Use the answer spaces in the grids below for Section 4 or Section 5 only if you are
told to do so in your test book.
ONLY ANSWERS ENTERED IN THE CIRCLES IN EACH GRID WILL BE SCORED. YOU WILL
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leave the extra answer spaces blank. Be sure to erase any errors or stray marks completely.
Use the answer spaces in the grids below for Section 6 or Section 7 only if you are
told to do so in your test book.
ONLY ANSWERS ENTERED IN THE CIRCLES IN EACH GRID WILL BE SCORED. YOU WILL
NOT RECEIVE CREDIT FOR ANYTHING WRITTEN IN THE BOXES ABOVE THE CIRCLES.
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