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Coordinating Conjunctions 
At the Hospital...

Reading Level 2

Directions: Read each sentence. Determine which one of your answer choices is being used as a coordinating conjunction. Circle your response.

1. 	Nurse Kelly and Nurse Cole changed the patient's bandages.	

a)	the	b)	changed	
c)	patient's	d)	and	

2. 	Mrs. Rose needs to take special pills due to her illness but she can't afford them.	

a)	can't	b)	she	
c)	but	d)	to	

3. 	Dr. Kelly wasn't sure how to perform the surgery yet she knew that she needed to try.	

a)	the 	b)	that	
c)	to	d)	yet	

4. 	Dr. Stevens did not perform the treatment on the patient for it was too late to save her.	

a)	to	b)	for	
c)	not	d)	too	

5. 	Neither Mr. Shaw nor his children were able to understand Dr. Kelly's explanation.	

a)	were	b)	his	
c)	nor	d)	to	

6. 	Mr. Shaw told the nurse, "Either you make that beeping sound stop or I leave this hospital."	

a)	or	b)	to	
c)	that	d)	you	

7. 	Dr. Stevens rushed to the hospital so he could respond to an emergency.	

a)	to	b)	during	
c)	an	d)	so	

8. 	Mrs. Rose didn't want to eat the hospital food but she forced it down.	

a)	it	b)	didn't	
c)	to	d)	but	

9. 	Nurse Cole went to the cafeteria, ordered a soup, and slurped it down as fast as she could.	

a)	it	b)	and	
c)	an	d)	as	

10. 	Mr. Shaw wanted to go home yet he knew how important it was to receive treatment.	

a)	go	b)	it	
c)	yet	d)	was	

11. 	Mr. Shaw couldn't operate the TV controller so he paged the nurse.	

a)	the	b)	couldn't	
c)	so	d)	he	

12. 	Dr. Kelly could neither cure the disease nor comfort the patient.	

a)	nor	b)	could	
c)	cure	d)	the	

13. 	We were hoping that Dr. Stevens or Dr. Kelly would perform the surgery.	

a)	would	b)	that	
c)	the	d)	or	

14. 	Dr. Stevens realized that it was too late to treat the patient for the disease had run its course.	

a)	to	b)	for	
c)	too	d)	had	

15. 	Mrs. Rose wanted to open the window and let some fresh air into the stuffy room.	

a)	the	b)	into	
c)	and	d)	to	

16. 	They moved the patient to a larger hospital in the city for Dr. Kelly was out of options.	

a)	for	b)	out	
c)	in	d)	of	

17. 	Neither Dr. Stevens nor Dr. Kelly had ever seen such symptoms as the patient displayed.	

a)	as	b)	the	
c)	had	d)	nor	

18. 	Some of the other doctors thought that it was too late to help the patient but Dr. Kelly kept trying.	

a)	to	b)	but	
c)	it	d)	that	

19. 	"Either call the surgeon or get prepped for surgery," said Dr. Kelly to Dr. Stevens.	

a)	get	b)	the	
c)	or	d)	said	

20. 	Neither Nurse Cole nor Nurse Brady had time enough to welcome the new patient.	

a)	the	b)	nor	
c)	had	d)	to	

21. 	When her patient's status worsened, Nurse Brady ran to find a doctor yet all of them were busy.	

a)	them	b)	a	
c)	were	d)	yet	

22. 	The patient was moved to the city so that the specialists could help her.	

a)	so	b)	was	
c)	that	d)	the	

23. 	They family took the patient home for there was nothing else to be done.	

a)	for	b)	be	
c)	was	d)	there		

24. 	Nurse Cole restrained the patient and Nurse Brady cleaned her wound.	

a)	her	b)	the	
c)	and	d)	wound	

25. 	Dr. Kelly wanted to move the patient but Dr. Stevens didn't think that the patient could handle it.	

a)	but	b)	didn't	
c)	that	d)	the	

26. 	Mrs. Rose could not decide whether she wanted to eat the soggy chicken or the greasy fish.	

a)	to	b)	or	
c)	not	d)	whether	

27. 	Dr. Stevens knew that he had lost the patient yet he kept trying to revive her.	

a)	that	b)	he	
c)	the	d)	yet	

28. 	Nurse Cole ran to get a fresh pair of latex gloves so she could clean up the blood safely.	

a)	she	b)	to	
c)	so	d)	could	

29. 	Mrs. Rose and Mr. Shaw did not like sharing a room with one another.	

a)	did	b)	a	
c)	not	d)	and	

30. 	It was past visiting hours so Mrs. Rose's children had to leave the floor.	

a)	had	b)	the	
c)	to	d)	so