Being Your Best Unit Test
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Question
Use the sentence to answer the question.
I’m going to buy ______ a red car ______ a blue car.
Which correlative conjunction pair best completes the sentence below?
(1 point)
Responses
only/but
only/but
neither/nor
neither/nor
either/or
either/or
whether/or
either/or
The correct correlative conjunction pair that best completes the sentence is "either/or".
To determine the correct answer, we need to understand what a correlative conjunction pair is. Correlative conjunctions are pairs of words that are used to join two parallel elements in a sentence.
Now let's look at the sentence given: "I’m going to buy ______ a red car ______ a blue car."
We can see that there are two blanks in the sentence, and we need a correlative conjunction pair to complete it. The options given are:
1. only/but
2. neither/nor
3. either/or
4. whether/or
To find the correct answer, we can analyze the sentence structure.
In the sentence, the two elements that need to be joined are "buy me a red car" and "buy me a blue car".
Looking at the options, we can eliminate some choices:
- "only/but" doesn't make sense in this context.
- "neither/nor" also doesn't make sense, as it implies not buying either a red or a blue car.
This leaves us with two remaining options:
- "either/or"
- "whether/or"
To determine the correct choice between these two, we need to consider the meaning of the sentence. In this case, the sentence suggests that the person will buy either a red car or a blue car. Therefore, the correct correlative conjunction pair is "either/or".
So, the answer is: either/or.