Coordinating Conjunctions

What do you need to create a compound sentence?

• Coordinating conjunctions

• Subordinating conjunctions

• Correlative conjunctions

• None of the above

What is the acronym that you can use to recognize the coordinating conjunctions?

• BABYBOYS

• FANBOYS

• BYANFOS

• SOFYBAN

Select all the options that correspond to the coordinating conjunctions.

• for

• but

• because

• so

• and

What is the main coordinating conjunctions purpose ?

• To learn a new sort of writing.

• To organize a paragraph chronologically.

• To make a paragraph more stylistic.

• To join two elements of equal grammatical rank and syntactic importance.

Where is the right position to place a coordinator?

• At the beginning of the sentence

• At the end of the sentence

• Between the two main clauses or words that it is joining.

• All the options are wrong.

Which words can replace the coordinators "and, or, so, but"

• In addition to, either, because, therefore

• In addition to, meanwhile, rarely, often

• always, because, in addition to, either

• never, in addition to, either, because

In which case you do NOT have to put a comma when using FANBOYS? More than one option can be correct.

• When those ones connect two main clauses.

• When those ones connect two phrases or words.

• When those ones connect two verbs phrases.

• When those ones connect items in a series

What is the function of 'but' in a sentence?

• To connect to opposite ideas.

• To add some additional information.

• To show a consequence or result of something

• To explain the ‘why’ in a situation.

Write a sentence using one of the four coordinating conjunction.

What is the best coordinator to the following sentence.

• I’ve just eaten dinner, and I’m not hungry.

• I’ve just eaten dinner, or I’m not hungry.

• I’ve just eaten dinner, but I’m not hungry.

• I’ve just eaten dinner, so I’m not hungry.