Compound Sentences

Compound Sentences

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What do you notice about the three sentences? What is a similarity they all share?

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A compound sentence is two complete sentences (two independent clauses) joined together by a coordinating

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What acronym helps us remember coordinating conjunctions?

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What do FANBOYS stand for?

Multiple Choice

What punctuation mark goes BEFORE the FANBOYS in a compound sentence?

• period (.)

• comma (,)

• semicolon (;)

• no punctuation needed.

Multiple Choice

Which is a compound sentence?

• #1

• #2

• #3

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When do FANBOYS NOT need commas?

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Example #1 (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)

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Example #2 (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)

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Example #3 (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)

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Example #1 (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)