Sentence Structure and Variety

Adding what would make this a compound sentence?

"Sally likes to run"

• a coordinating conjunction and an independent clause

• a subordinating conjunction

• nothing

• a comma

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Make this sentence a compound sentence:

"Mark went to the park yesterday..."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Select the answer option that would make this sentence a compound sentence:

"Jack likes to swim early in the mornings..."

• , and he likes to jog sometimes too!

• before he gets his coffee.

• because he enjoys swimming when the sun is out.

• and he likes to jog sometimes too!

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

FANBOYS are which type of conjunction?

• Coordinating

• Subordinating

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

What USUALLY and ALMOST ALWAYS goes before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence?

• another conjunction

• a comma

• quotation marks

• parenthesis

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

What two things does a simple/ complete sentence/ independent clause have?

• a subject (noun) and predicate (verb)

• only a subject (noun)

• only the predicate (verb)

• a conjunction and a subject (noun)

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

What is the pronoun in this compound sentence?:

"Jason likes to run, and he likes to dance".

• Jason

• likes

• dance

• he

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is this sentence missing?:

"Anna likes to eat apples, but she also likes oranges".

• another coordinating conjunction

• a semicolon

• nothing

• a predicate (verb)

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

What is this complex sentence missing?:

"Before she went to the grocery store she went to the mall"

• a comma after the word before

• a comma after store

• a comma after grocery

• a question mark at the end of mall

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which of the following is a subordinating conjunction?

• And

• Before

• Nor

• So

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E