Compound Sentences Practice

How can a compound sentence be made?

• 2 complete sentences and a coordinating conjunction

• 1 complete sentence and 1 incomplete sentence

• 1 complete sentence and a subordinating conjunction

• 2 incomplete sentences and a semicolon

Mark went to the store, ___ Lisa did too.

Luke was tired, __ he went home.

Which words would best be used to complete this compound sentence?

"Daisy wanted to go to the party, ___ she could not."

Groups:

(a) Does work

,

(b) Does not work

• or

• yet

• and

• but

• nor

• for

• so

Reorder the following

• Rachel was lost

• and

• she was scared.

What punctuation can be used to connect two complete sentences in a compound sentence?

• An apostrophe

• A comma alone

• A semicolon

• A colon

Which sentence is a compound sentence?

• After the movie, we went home.

• Running quickly, he caught the bus.

• Because it was raining, we stayed inside.

• She likes to read, and he enjoys writing.

​ (a)   and ​ (b)  

• Julian
• Ruben are having fun.

Neither Luke ​ (a)   Faith have finished the assignment.

• nor
• and
• but
• for

Write a compound sentence that uses the Coordinating Conjunction: or.