Writing Skills, part 1

5. Which sentence contains both an adverb and a conjunction?

A. Lawson crept silently up the stairs but couldn't slow his heartbeat.

B. Do you want the shrimp or the crab?

C. The storm caused flooding as predicted.

D. Lucille was a kind person, but she hated people who spread rumors.

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Norah Bradshaw

10 January, 15:38

Writing Skills, part 1

5. Which sentence contains both an adverb and a conjunction?

A. Lawson crept silently up the stairs but couldn't slow his heartbeat.

B. Do you want the shrimp or the crab?

C. The storm caused flooding as predicted.

D. Lucille was a kind person, but she hated people who spread rumors.

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Jade Chambers · Answer 1

A. contains an adverb and a conjunction--the adverb is "silently" which modifies the way lawson "crept," and the conjunction is "but" which connects how lawson "crept silently up the stairs" with how he also "couldn't slow his heartbeat"