This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Analysis of Compound Sentences – Illative”.
1. Which one is the compound sentence with illative coordination among the given?
a) Dipika ran to the store for buying a tape.
b) Alia went to the shop and bought vegetables for her mother.
c) The car went fast so the police could not catch the criminal.
d) She learns things so quickly than the other students.
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Explanation: A compound sentence is a sentence with two or more independent clauses in it. These independent clauses are connected using a conjunction. The two clauses can stand alone by itself and are connected to the conjunction to form a complete compound sentence. Here, “The car went fast so the police could not catch the criminal” is the compound sentence with two main clauses, “The car went fast” and “the police could not catch the criminal” connected using the illative connector “so”.
2. The illative conjunction that is used in the compound sentence given is _____
You cannot use ‘though, although and even though’ in a simple sentence for they are subordinating conjunctions.
a) although
b) even though
c) for
d) though
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Explanation: A compound sentence is a sentence with two or more independent clauses in it. These independent clauses are connected using a conjunction. The illative connector can be “for, so, therefore, consequently” etc. In the given sentence, the illative coordination is “for”.
3. Pick the correct form of the compound sentence with illative conjunction among the given.
a) Priya bought a watch for her brother on his birthday.
b) Ram and Shyam went for asking the details of the project given to them.
c) She must have passed the exam for her name is not on the arrear list.
d) Ranjit booked the seat but he did not travel in the bus.
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Explanation: The compound sentence containing an illative conjunction among the given sentences is “She must have passed the exam for her name is not on the arrear list”. The illative conjunction is “for” that connects the two main clauses “she must have passed the exam” and “her name is not on the arrear list”. Illative conjunction establishes a similarity or interprets the facts in both clauses.
4. State whether the given statement is true/false.
Sonam cannot come to the party so she did not add her name on the list.
The conjunction ‘and’ is a compound illative coordinator in the given sentence.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: A compound sentence is a sentence with two independent clauses in it. Illative conjunction in a given sentence is a connector that interprets one clause to another. “for, so, therefore” etc are some of the illative conjunctions. An illative conjunction in a compound sentence is also the coordinating conjunction in the given sentence. In the given sentence, the conjunction “so” is the compound illative coordinate. The given statement is true.
5. Identify the compound sentence with illative conjunction among the given sentences.
a) We bought shoes and they bought dresses at the mall.
b) The man slept in his office for he was very tired.
c) The girl picked the paper and threw it in the bin.
d) She did not come to the party today as she felt sick.
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Explanation: The compound sentence is “The man slept in his office for he was very tired”. A compound sentence is the sentence containing two independent clauses that are connected by a coordinating conjunction. The compound sentence here thus has two independent clauses “the man slept in his office” and “he was very tired” which are connected using the illative conjunction “for”.
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