Compound Sentence Review and Practice

Does this sentence need a comma?
I wanted to go to the store but I decided to stay home instead.

• Yes 
• No

Does this sentence need a comma?
I went to dance and then went home.

• Yes
• No

What comes before the coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) in a compound sentence?

• a period

• a comma

• the word "and"

• a question mark

Choose the compound sentence.

• The children have to share their toys. They will not be able to play together.

• The boy and the girl share their toys and have a lot of fun.

• The boy and the girl share their toys.

• The children have to share their toys, or they will not be able to play together.

Kelly broke her arm, _____ she has to wear a cast for a few weeks.

• for

• but

• so

• yet

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

• after
• before
• there is no comma

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

• related
• unrelated
• different

What sentence structure is created when you join two independent clauses with a semicolon?

• compound sentence
•  complex sentence
• simple sentence

What sentence structure is created when you join two independent clauses with a comma and coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)?

• complex sentence
• compound sentence
• simple sentence

Punctuate the following sentence:

I have a pet hamster his name is Fluffy.

• no change

• hamster, his

• hamster and his

• hamster; his