Creating Compound Sentences

Jayden enjoys playing soccer after school, _______ Sal would rather spend his time practicing basketball.

• and

• but

• or

• for

Which coordinating conjunction makes sense: Sal and Jayden are teammates, ________ they practice together every evening after school.

• yet

• or

• and

• for

Is this a compound or simple sentence?

During their summer break, Jayden, Destiny, and Sal visit the amusement park and dine at local food joints.

• compound

• simple

Is this sentence compound or simple?

Sal, Destiny, and Jayden went to the cinema and watched a movie.

• compound

• simple

Is this sentence compound or simple?

Sal went to a basketball training camp last summer, but he won't go again this year.

• compound

• simple

Destiny forgot her lunch at home, ______ Jayden had to get lunch for her at the dining hall.

• but

• or

• nor

• so

Imagine this real-world scenario to make a compound sentence:

Sal must finish his broccoli at dinner first, ________________.

• because he won't get any ice cream.

• and he won't get any ice cream.

• or he won't get any ice cream.

• so he won't get any ice cream.

Which coordinating conjunction makes sense:

Destiny will not join the basketball team, ______ will she enroll in swimming classes.

• nor

• for

• but

• so

Destiny, Sal, and Jayden are writing a script for their school play and they are using words like "for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so" frequently. What are these words called?

• subordinating conjunctions

• coordinating conjunctions

• prepositions

• adverbs

Find the coordinating conjunction in the following sentence:

Sal, Destiny, and Jayden climbed the tallest mountain in their city today.

• the

• and

• mountain

• in