Composition: Choosing Appropriate Conjunctions - HSPT Language Skills

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Choose the word that best and most logically connects the two parts of the sentence.

Francine can be forgetful and needed to remember to get many specific ingredients for a recipe she wanted to try;                     , she wrote a grocery list before going to the store.

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Conjunctions are like grammatical hinges between two ideas. To choose the correct conjunction, we need to analyze how the meanings of the two parts of the sentence connect. In the first part of the sentence, we're told that Francine is forgetful and has something she needs to remember. How might this connect to the idea of writing a grocery list? The first part of the sentence is a cause or impetus for Francine to write a grocery list. So, we need to pick out a conjunction that conveys cause and effect.

The two parts of the sentence do not oppose one another or conflict, so "but," "however," or "nevertheless" cannot be correct. The correct answer is "therefore." This is the only conjunction listed in the answer choices that conveys the cause-and-effect that we logically need for this sentence.

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