Combining Sentences with Thamos

Evaluating Commas When Combining Sentences

Multiple Select

Which conjunctions are the coordinating conjunctions? (FANBOYS)

• no

• for

• and

• but

• when

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Today was an rainy day,

we had to stay inside.

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My mom said I can come over,

I can't spend the night.

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You can have cake,

ice cream, but not both.

Open Ended

Combine the two sentences using a comma and a coordinating conjunction.

Mi Lin desperaely wanted her phone. She could hear it rinings in the living room.

Open Ended

Combine the two sentences using a comma and a coordinating conjunction.

Mi Lin wished she could get her phone. She knew her parents had it.

Multiple Select

Which two sentences are correct combinations of sentences 1 and 2?

(1) Amber and Sara stopped running. (2) They fell to the forest floor. (3) "See if your phone works," Sara said. (4) "We can use it to find our way."

• Amber and Sara stopped running and they fell to the forest floor.

• Amber and Sarah stopped running, and they fell to the forest floor.

• Amber and Sara stopped running, and fell to the forest floor.

• Amber and Sara stopped running and fell to teh forest floor.