NAME THE MISSING COORDINATING CONJUNCTION
DEFINITIONS
EXAMPLES OF A SIMPLE OR A COMPOUND SENTENCE?
IDENTIFY THE SIMPLE SUBJECT(S)
IDENTIFY THE VERB(S)
100
Christopher Columbus sailed from Europe to the Americas in 1492, ____________ and history was forever changed.
What is "and"?
100
A sentence with two or more independent clauses
What is a compound sentence?
100
The colonists arrived in Massachusetts, and the native people greeted them.
What is an example of a compound sentence?
100
England, France, and Spain battled each other for control of North America.
What is "England," "North America" and "France"?
100
The leaders of the thirteen British colonies met in Philadelphia.
What is "met"?
200
Many people honor Columbus,__________others think he caused more harm than good.
What is "but" or "yet"?
200
A group of words that have a subject and a verb and could stand alone as a cpmplete sentence.
What is an independent clause?
200
Massachusetts' weather was harsh; many colonists died that first winter.
What is an example of a compound sentence?
200
The war between France and England was extremely costly.
What is "war"?
200
They voted to declare independence from England.
What is "voted"?
300
Columbus thought he had reached India,__________ he called the indigenous people "Indians."
What is "so"?
300
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What are the seven coordinating conjunctions?
300
The colonists developed their own form of self-government.
What is an example of a simple sentence?
300
Eventually, the British won nearly all of France's territory in North America.
What is "British"?
300
Thomas Jefferson wrote the document called the Declaration of Independence, and Benjamin Franklin made some changes.
What are "wrote" and "made"?
400
Learning our country's history can sometimes diminish our sense of pride,_________it contains disturbing events as well as admirable ones.
What is "for"?
400
This part of a sentence or clause tells what it is about or who or what performs the action.
What is a subject?
400
The colonists in Jamestown and Plymouth had infrequent communication with their home country of England.
What is an example of a simple sentence?
400
The cost of the war was great, and England began to tax the colonists to pay for it.
What is "cost" and "England"?
400
The colonists fought a war for eight years against the British, and they eventually won that war.
What are "fought" and "won"?
500
Many of English colonists of 1620 did not know how to grow food,_______________did they know how to build shelters.
What is "nor"?
500
This part of a sentence has two or more main verbs attached to one subject.
What is a compound predicate?
500
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson ate pizza and drank pop.
What is an example of a sentence with a compound subject and a compound predicate?
500
The colonists' reaction to the new taxes was violent.
What is "reaction"?
500
The new United States of America was now a sovereign nation, and its leaders began to develop their own system of government.
What are "was" and "began"?
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