Compound Sentences Types 1 & 2

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Mrs. Stringer and Mrs. Strickland, who have classrooms next door to each other, are friends.

Mrs. Hutton, and Mrs. Plagge, who are next door to each other.

Mrs. Stringer rudely forces her students to both practice grammar and read.

The student walking dow the hall.

I love to read books and listen to Audible.

Sewing, scrapbooking, and cooking are sometimes.

Choose whether these are sentences or fragments:

Sentence

Fragment

Multiple Select

Pick all the correctly written Type 1 compound sentences

• Jackie is taking her test, but Sam is dancing to disco music.

• Brady loves Blake's devilled eggs, and Andrew does not.

• Devin will not sing opera in front of the class, for she is shy.

• Cullen is not afraid of heights, so Seth is.

Multiple Choice

In a compound sentence, the comma comes ______________ the coordinating conjunction.

• after
• before
• there is no comma

Multiple Choice

Where should the comma go in the following sentence?
Take Kleenex with you for your nose is sure to run and drip during the play.

• before for
• after for
• before and
• after and

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the coordinating conjunction that make sense.
Andy plays the violin well, _____ the trumpet is his favorite instrument.

• so
• but
• yet
• for

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is compound?

Cover the FANBOYS with your finger, and read both sides of the sentence.

• The leaves were red and green.

• The leaves were red, and some leaves were green.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is compound?

Cover the FANBOYS with your finger, and read both sides of the sentence.

• We could have had chocolate, or we could have had cake.

• We could have had chocolate, or cake with lots of sprinkles.

Explanation Slide...

We could have had chocolate, or cake with lots of sprinkles."Cake with lots of sprinkles" isn't a complete sentence."

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is compound?

Cover the FANBOYS with your finger, and read both sides of the sentence.

• I wasn't sure about the answer, so I asked a teacher.

• I wasn't sure about the answer, and asked the teacher.

Explanation Slide...

"asked the teacher" can't stand alone as a sentence. 

Multiple Select

Choose ALL the sentences that are compound.

Cover the FANBOYS in EACH sentence as you read them.

• I must be hungry, so I am writing about food.

• I liked the weather this weekend, and the fall colors.

• She could have had a new car, or a new truck.

• The unicorns were alone, but not lonely.

• The leprechauns danced, but the unicorns laughed at them.

Multiple Select

Choose ALL of the sentences that are compound.

• Book talks are easy, and they are due on the 17th.

• Some people prefer the book paper, not the book talk

• Book talks are easy, but they must be done in the first ten minutes of lunch.

• There are only thirteen days left to do a book talk, so you may want to spend time reading.

• Some people prefer the book paper, but not the book talk.

Multiple Choice

Why is this sentence NOT a correctly written compound sentence?

She wanted ice cream, but received broccoli.

• Missing a subject in the second half

• Missing a subject AND verb in the second half

• Missing a comma

• Missing a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)

Explanation Slide...

She wanted ice cream, but she received broccoli.
Now this is a compound sentence.

Multiple Choice

In a compound sentence with a semicolon, the independent clauses must be __________________.

• related
• unrelated
• different

Multiple Choice

Which compound sentence is created correctly?

• I have studied Spanish for many years, my Spanish-speaking friends can chat easily with me now.

• I have studied Spanish for many years; my Spanish-speaking friends can chat easily with me now.

• I have studied Spanish for many years. So my Spanish-speaking friends can chat easily with me now.

Multiple Choice

_{Where does the semicolon go?}
Dad is going bald his hair is getting thinner and thinner.

• hair;
• bald;
• Dad;
• getting;

Multiple Choice

For each of the following, choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.

• Denise prefers to eat chicken or fish; I’m a vegetarian.
• Denise prefers to eat chicken or fish: I’m a vegetarian.
• Denise prefers to eat chicken or fish, I’m a vegetarian.

Multiple Choice

For each of the following, choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.

• Please give me some time I do not want to be rushed.
• Please give me some time; I do not want to be rushed.
• Please give me some time, I do not want to be rushed.

Multiple Choice

Change this sentence to correctly use a semicolon:
The library board met on Thursday, and it was an emergency meeting.

• The library board met on Thursday; and it was an emergency meeting.
• The library board met on Thursday; it was an emergency meeting.
• The library board met; on Thursday, and it was an emergency meeting.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence below correctly uses a semicolon?

• She moved to Ireland; she preferred the tranquil setting; over America.

• She moved to Ireland; she preferred the tranquil setting over America.

• She moved to Ireland she preferred; the tranquil setting over America.

• She moved to Ireland; and she preferred the tranquil setting over America.