All About Compound Sentences

Definitions

100

For, and, nor. but, or, yet, so

What are fan boys or conjunctions?

200

Two complete sentences joined together with a comma and a conjunction or fan boy

What is a compound sentence?

300

It is the who or what of any sentence, and a compound sentence has 2.

What is the subject?

400

It is the action part of any sentence, and a compound sentence has 2.

What is the predicate or the verb?

500

A compound joins two of these?

What is a simple sentence?

Compound of Not?

100

I want to stay home and play with my cat and my dog.

What is...

 it is NOT a compound sentence?

200

I would like a clown or a juggler at my birthday party.

What is...

it is NOT a compound sentence?

300

I love music, and I love to play the piano.

What is...

 it IS a compound sentence?

400

The boy is hiding behind the house, but his mom sees him on the security camera.

What is...

 it IS a compound sentence?

500

The team had a car wash, so they could earn money to go to the playoffs in Florida.

What is...

is IS a compound sentence?

Which Fan Boy?

100

We could ride the bus to the zoo,__________we can take the train.

What is or?

200

You might want to go shopping today, ______it is raining.

What is but?

300

I will buy a cookbook, ____________you can learn to cook.

What is so?

400

The child wanted to eat an ice cream come, _____________he wanted his mom to purchase a toy for him.

What is and?

500

The StAAR Writing test is next week,______I am going to do my best.

What is and?

What is wrong?

100

My brother was in the living room a few minutes ago but he is not there now.

What is a comma?

                               .but

200

It is easy to add 2 digit numbers, for it is harder to subtract 2 digit numbers.

What is change for to but?

It is easy to add 2 digit numbers, but it is harder to subtract 2 digit numbers.

300

The dog was howling, so gave him some food.

What is there are not 2 complete sentences?

What is there is no subject in the 2nd sentence?

The dog was howling, so his owner gave him some food.

400

My teacher likes to read books to us, now she is reading Tiger Rising.

What is there is no fan boy or conjunction?

What is My teacher likes to read books to the class, and now she is reading Tiger Rising.

500

My dad likes to grill hamburgers, for my mom doesn't eat red meat.

What is change for to but?

Make It Compound

100

Mark did his math homework.

He did not want to.

What is-

Mark did his math homework, but he did not want to.

200

Sarah has won awards for dance.

She has many trophies for band competitions.

What is...

Sarah has won awards for dance, and she has many trophies for band competitions?

300

I could buy a new shirt with my birthday money.

I could buy a new video game.

What is...

I could buy a new shirt with my birthday money, or I could buy a new video game.?

500

Mike was sick.

He was not able to go on the field trip yesterday.

What is...

Mike was sick, so he was not able to go on the field trip yesterday?