Read the passage.The rocket is fully fueled, and the liftoff is scheduled for next week. The journey to the space station should take five hours, but it could take longer. The mission control team is very experienced, so the launch should go smoothly.

Each sentence joins two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction. For example, “The rocket is fully fueled” and “the liftoff is scheduled for next week” can each stand alone, and they are joined by “and.” The other sentences use “but” and “so” in the same way, so the passage has all compound sentences.

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