Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
- Ask how the two ideas are related. Did the closed store cause the trip to Tremont? Yes.
- A cause is a reason. The reason word is because.
- Although would promise a surprise, and there is none.
Answer: Because the store was closed, we went to the one on Tremont.
Example 2
- A closed store would lead you to expect you cannot get in.
- But the owner let us in. The second idea is the opposite of what the first leads you to expect.
- That is a contrast. The contrast word is although.
Answer: Although the store was closed, the owner let us in.
Where this is taught: Sentences: Start Here, Part 4: Joining ideas that are not equal
More practice: Quiz 34, Combining sentences · In your Kaplan book: Unit 1, Chapter 4, Lesson 4, “Subordinate Ideas”
The drill
Ten questions
In each sentence, open the drop-down and choose the words that make the sentence correct, the way the GED test asks. A few questions ask you to tap a whole sentence instead. Then press Check my answers at the bottom.In each sentence, circle the choice in the brackets that makes the sentence correct; where whole sentences are given, circle one. The answer key, with the reasoning, is on the last page.