Compound Sentences Quiz

(1) I was incredibly hungry this morning, but I stopped at the convenience store on the way to work.

What change, if any, needs to be made to sentence 1?

• Change but to so

• Change but to for

• Change the comma to a semicolon

• No change is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

(2) I tried to grab a jumbo bag of Takis. (3) I fumbled the bag.

What is the best way to combine sentences 2 and 3?

• I tried to grab a jumbo bag of Takis, and I fumbled the bag.

• I tied to grab a jumbo bag of Takis; and I fumbled the bag.

• I tried to grab a jumbo bag of Takis, but I fumbled the bag.

• I tried to grab a jumbo bag of Takis; but I fumbled the bag.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

(4) I asked an employee named Sarah to catch the bag; she rudely said I could "catch these hands instead."

What change, if any, needs to be made to sentence 4?

• Delete the semicolon after bag

• Change the semicolon to a comma

• Delete the semicolon after bag and insert the word but

• No change is needed.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

(5) I tried to ask for Sarah's manager. (6) I didn't know Sarah WAS the manager.

What is the best way to combine sentences 5 and 6?

• I tried to ask for Sarah's manager; so I didn't know Sarah WAS the manager.

• I tried to ask for Sarah's manager, or I didn't know Sarah WAS the manager.

• I tried to ask for Sarah's manager; I didn't know Sarah WAS the manager.

• I tried to ask for Sarah's manager but I didn't know Sarah WAS the manager.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

(7) I was mortified. (8) I hurried to pay and ran out of the store.

What is the best way to combine sentences 7 and 8?

• I was mortified; so I hurried to pay and ran out of the store.

• I was mortified, so I hurried to pay and ran out of the store.

• I was mortified so I hurried to pay and ran out of the store.

• I was mortified, but I hurried to pay and ran out of the store.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

(9) I was still feeling hungry, so I ate the entire bag of jumbo Takis.

What change, if any, needs to be made to sentence 9?

• Change so to or

• Delete the comma after hungry

• Change so to for

• No change is needed.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

(10) I thought my stomach could handle all those Takis. (11) I was wrong.

What is the best way to combine sentences 10 and 11?

• I thought my stomach could handle all those Takis, but I was wrong.

• I thought my stomach could handle all those Takis; but I was wrong.

• I thought my stomach could handle all those Takis, so I was wrong.

• I thought my stomach could handle all those Takis; so I was wrong.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.3.1H

(12) Sarah was the one who sold me the Takis; so I decided to sue her.

What change, if any, needs to be made to sentence 12?

• Delete the semicolon after Takis

• Change so to and

• Change the semicolon to a comma

• No change is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

(13) The lawyer laughed when I told him my story. (14) That's when I became a villain.

What is the best way to combine sentences 13 and 14?

• The lawyer laughed when I told him my story, and that's when I became a villain.

• The lawyer laughed when I told him my story; and that's when I became a villain.

• The lawyer laughed when I told him my story and that's when I became a villain.

• The lawyer laughed when I told him my story, that's when I became a villain.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

Write your own compound sentence using either sentence formula (hint: IC;IC or IC,FIC). Feel free to write an ending to the story told in this quiz!

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C