I.

This passage does not have any coordinating conjunctions. Rewrite the passage using
coordinating to combine sentences. Make a better passage and omit unnecessary repetition.
Choosing a career is a very important step. You will spend a good part of your life working. The

career you choose can determine who your friends are. It can determine where you live. It can determine
how much money you make.
Example : Choosing a career is a very important step, for you will spend a good part of your life
working. The career you choose can determine who your friends are, where you live, and
how much money you make.
People differ in their abilities. They differ in their interests. They differ in their temperaments. A
job may be perfect for on person. It may be a nightmare for someone else. For instance, Mary is very
good at working with abstract ideas. Susan is very good at working with abstract ideas. Mary likes to
solve problems. Susan likes to solve problems. They are both considering computer programming as a
career. Only one of them, Susan, is able to work quietly alone for long periods of time. Only Susan
should consider going into programming. Consider two other people, Mark and Edgar. Mark is thinking
about becoming a graphic designer. Edgar is thinking about becoming a graphic designer. One of these
two men should not choose graphic design as a career. Mark is creative. Edgar is creative. Mark is very
patient. Edgar is not very patient. Edgar does not like to do precise work. Edgar does not have the
patience to redo flawed projects. Edgar has artistic talent. He would not make a good graphic designer.
A career can make you happy. A career can make you unhappy. Before choosing a career, get to
know yourself well. Learn what kinds of jobs are available. Ask your relatives for advice. Ask your
parents. Ask your teachers for advice. Ask your friends for advice. Making the right career choice can
have big influence on your future well being.
II.

Join the clauses using either a coordinating conjunction or a conjunctive adverb, if necessary.
Use correct punctuation.

Example:
No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from; however, it might have begun with
an event in 1831.
1. That year in Kentucky, the owner of a runaway slave named Tice Davids chased after him Davids
jumped into the Ohio River and swam across.
2. The master got into a small boat and followed the slave then he could not find Davids on the
shore
3. Nobody in the nearby town had seen or heard of the slave the master told friends that Davids
must have gone off on an underground railroad.
4. The Underground Railroad was very well planned in some places, in other areas, runaway slaves
had to take care of themselves or rely on fellow blacks for aid.

5. For runaway slaves and a person who helped them, every step was dangerous.
6. Harriet Tubman usually led her runaways on Saturday nights so that she could be two days ahead
of her pursers, who wouldnt find out about the escape until Monday.
7. Most runaways did not have guides like Tubman they traveled to the North by following the
North Star.
8. On cloudy nights, the runaways couldnt see the stars they felt the trunks of trees for the moss
that grew on the northern sides.
9. The hardest part of the journey for the slaves was through the South they had almost nobody to
help them or hide them.
10. The fugitives moved north, they might contact a representatives of the Underground Railroad he
would give them the name of a conductor to help them.
11. At each station, the fugitives would be hidden they would be given food and supplies, they would
be sent to the next station.
12. Fugitives reached a new station then they signaled to its conductor by knocking on a window or
saying code words.
13. The Underground Railroad was an enormous success it helped as many as 60,000 slaves escape to
the North or Canada.