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Punctuating Compound Sentences

Authored by Debra McIlvain

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

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Punctuating Compound Sentences
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following answers is the correct format for a compound sentence?

IC = Independent Clause

DC = Dependent Clause

IC, FANBOYS DC.

DC, FANBOYS IC.

IC FANBOYS IC.

IC, FANBOYS IC.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Punctuate the following sentence correctly.

Javier prefers to play soccer with his team at school but his brother likes to play with his friends at the park.

comma after team

comma after school

comma after but

no comma needed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Punctuate the following sentence correctly.

Elizabeth is an excellent debater and plans to join her school's debate team.

comma after debater

comma after and

comma after join

no comma needed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Punctuate the following sentence correctly.

Jim wants to go to the prom with Jenny so he is saving his money to buy a corsage for her.

comma after Jenny

comma after so

comma after money

no comma needed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Punctuate the following sentence correctly.

Xavier didn't cheat on his test for it was the wrong thing to do.

comma after cheat

comma after it

comma after test

no comma needed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Punctuate the following sentence correctly.

Should we take the dogs for a walk now or should we wait until it is cooler outside?

comma after now

comma after or

comma after wait

no comma needed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Punctuate the following sentence correctly.

Samantha did not want to go to the dentist yet she she needed to have her teeth cleaned.

comma after go

comma after yet

comma after dentist

no comma needed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

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