FANBOYS

FANBOYS

compound sentences with coordinating conjunctions

For (because/why)

I go to the library, for I study the best where it is quiet.

And (giving more info)

I like to exercise, and I like to be lazy.

Nor (not either)

I do not add sugar to my tea, nor do I add milk.

But (contrast/opposite)

Frenchie was scared, but he acted strong.

Or (choice)

Frenchie could have turned himself in to the recruiters, or he could keep running from them.

Yet (contrast)

Frenchie was scared, yet he acted strong.

So (as a result of)

We got dirty playing outside, so we took showers.

Open Ended

List all of the FANBOYS you can remember.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is correct?

• We have a lot of fun in this class and we learn a lot, too.

• We have a lot of fun in this class, and we learn a lot, too.

Multiple Select

I really want to get an A, _____ it is so hard to find time to get my homework finished.

• and

• but

• so

• or

• yet

Multiple Choice

Mom had only been gone a few months, ____ talking about her still stung.

• but

• or

• so

Multiple Choice

Fear launched me into the pine, ______ the hairy knots on the sticky trunk scraped thighs, sweat and skin holding me up.

• but

• or

• and

Multiple Choice

I couldn't have him mad at me, _____ he was all I had left.

• and

• for

• but

• or