Compound Sentences Review

To be a compound sentence, there must be a complete sentence on both sides of the fanboy.

• True

• False

You may watch TV, or you can go out to play.

• Simple

• Compound

Jonathan realized he would never see Lucy again, and his heart broke inside his chest. 

• Simple

• Compound

What answer contains all the fanboys?

• Who, what, when

• for, because, only, and

• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• from, another, non, because, only, you, so

A compound sentence contains ____________ independent clauses.

• three

• two

• one

A compound sentence has two independent clauses joined by a comma and coordinating conjunction or by a semi-colon.

• True

• False

Select the two compound sentence patterns.

• IC IC

• IC, cc IC

• IC; IC

• IC cc IC

A compound sentence has two independent clauses. Each clause must have its own subject and verb combination.

• True

• False

Simple or compound?

Sawyer barks at everyone, but he is really very gentle.

• Simple

• Compound

Is the sentence below correct?

We danced at the party and my friend won a prize.

• The sentence is a correctly written compound sentence.

• The sentence is not correctly written because it is missing a comma after the word "party."