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Conjunctive Adverbs Practice

A. Instructions: Use each of these conjunctive adverbs in one of the following sentences:

however besides later instead still

Example: I planned on going to the beach. Instead, I'm stuck inside.

1. He complained a lot;

, no one helped him.

2. I really wanted the red one;

, I bought the blue one.

3. I wanted to go;

, I saved my money.

4. There are many reasons to work hard;

, play can be fun.

5. I will walk to the park;

, I will stop for a hamburger.

B. Instructions: Rewrite the following sentences with the proper punctuation. 1. The show was canceled, anyway, I didn't really want to go. 2. I love music however, I cannot keep a beat. 3. The dog was really scary; therefore I walked to the other side of the street. 4. Eating healthy is important: otherwise, you will be sick a lot. 5. Now I understand triangles before, I was totally lost.



Answer Key: Conjunctive Adverbs Practice

A. Instructions: Use each of these conjunctive adverbs in one of the following sentences: however besides later instead still

Example: I planned on going to the beach. Instead, I'm stuck inside. 1. He complained a lot; still , no one helped him. 2. I really wanted the red one; however , I bought the blue one. 3. I wanted to go; besides , I saved my money. 4. There are many reasons to work hard; instead , play can be fun. 5. I will walk to the park; later , I will stop for a hamburger.

B. Instructions: Rewrite the following sentences with the proper punctuation. 1. The show was canceled, anyway, I didn't really want to go.

The show was canceled; anyway, I didn't really want to go. 2. I love music however, I cannot keep a beat.

I love music; however, I cannot keep a beat. 3. The dog was really scary; therefore I walked to the other side of the street.

The dog was really scary; therefore, I walked to the other side of the street. 4. Eating healthy is important: otherwise, you will be sick a lot.

Eating healthy is important; otherwise, you will be sick a lot. 5. Now I understand triangles before, I was totally lost.

Now I understand triangles; before, I was totally lost.



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