PERT Practice Test 2025 – Comprehensive Study Guide for Postsecondary Education Readiness Success!

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Choose the sentence with the correct conjunction:

The store was closed, so I wasn't able to but milk.

The first choice uses "so" correctly to indicate a cause-and-effect relationship. In this context, the store being closed is the reason for not being able to buy milk. The word "so" effectively connects the two clauses to show that the closure of the store resulted in the inability to purchase milk.

The other options do not convey the intended meaning properly. Using "but" implies a contrast rather than a result, while "or" introduces an alternative possibility that doesn't fit the context of being unable to buy milk due to the store's closure. The use of "yet" similarly suggests a contrast rather than a consequence. Therefore, the first choice accurately captures the relationship between the two parts of the sentence with the correct conjunction.

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The store was closed, but I wasn't able to milk.

The store was closed, or I wasn't able to buy milk.

The store was closed, yet I wasn't able to but milk.

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