FANBOYS and AWUBIS

FANBOYS and AWUBIS

Let's review how to build compound sentences!

Poll

Have you head of FANBOYS and AWUBIS before?

• Yes!

• No!

• I have only heard of one (Either FANBOYS or AWUBIS)

What do you notice about these two sentences? (Other than the fact that the both come from Dear Martin)

• He's not sure this is exactly what Martin meant, but what is he supposed to say?

• I hate to break it to you, homie, but you and Melo's relationship puts the ick in toxic.

Open Ended

What did you notice about these two sentences?

FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But , Or, Yet, So)

FANBOYS combines two COMPLETE sentences with a comma and a FANBOY

Complete sentence + , FANBOYS + Complete sentence

What is wrong with the following sentence?

"Sup, Dawg?" Jus says once he steps in and closes Manny's door.

Multiple Choice

Why isn't this sentence considered a FANBOYS sentence?

• 'And' is not a FANBOYS

• It is not combining two complete sentences

• It IS a FANBOYS sentence!

What do you notice about these sentences?

• Before he can get his head out of the car, he feels a tug on his shirt and is yanked backward.

• He feels a tug on his shirt before he can get his head out of the car.

Open Ended

What did you notice about these two sentences?

AWUBIS

• After, As, Although

• When, While

• Until, Unless

• Before, Because

• If

• Since

AWUBIS Formula

• AWUBIS + Complete Sentence + ,+ Complete sentence

• Complete sentence + AWUBIS + Complete Sentence

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Open Ended

What is different about these two formulas?