KLS Compound Sentences

A sentence of 1 independent clause is a ______________.

• compound sentence

• simple sentence

• complex sentence

A compound sentence has.............................

• 2 or more independent clauses

• a comma

• only 1 independent clause

The subject of a clause.................

• Is the action of the sentence

• Is the verb of the sentence

• names who or what the sentence is about/who or what is doing the action

The part of a clause that shows the action or state of being is called the...........

• subject

• verb

FANBOYS is an acronym to help remember coordinating conjuctions. They are....

• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• however, yet

Choose the BEST coordinating conjunction for the following sentence.

The snow looks beautiful. It is very cold.

• or

• but

• so

You can combine 2 independent cluases to make a compound sentence with a comma and coordinating conjuction or with a__________.

• comma ,

• period .

• semicolon ;

In the sentence, "The snow is finally melting it has been on the ground for over three months." where should there be a semi-colon?

• Between melting and it

  "melting; it"

• Between ground and for

  "ground; for"

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

• after
• before
• there is no comma

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

• related
• unrelated
• different