Basics
Question: What is a conjunction?
Answer: A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses.
Question: What does the "F" in FANBOYS stand for?
Answer: For
Question: Choose the best conjunction:
"I like pizza ___ hamburgers."
A. but
B. and
C. so
Answer: B. And
Question: Fix this sentence:
"I like dogs I like cats."
Answer:
"I like dogs, and I like cats."
Question: What type of conjunction is and?
Answer: A coordinating conjunction.
Question: What conjunction connects two ideas that are similar or being added together?
Answer: And
Question: What does the "A" in FANBOYS stand for?
Answer: And
Question: Choose the best conjunction:
"You can have tea ___ coffee."
A. or
B. but
C. so
Answer: A. Or
Question: Fix this sentence:
"I wanted to play outside but it was raining."
Answer:
"I wanted to play outside, but it was raining."
Question: What type of conjunction is because?
Answer: A subordinating conjunction.
Question: What conjunction shows a choice between two things?
Answer: Or
Question: What does the "N" in FANBOYS stand for?
Answer: Nor
Question: Choose the best conjunction:
"I wanted to go swimming, ___ the pool was closed."
A. and
B. but
C. so
Answer: B. But
Question: Choose the correct sentence:
A. I was hungry, so I ate lunch.
B. I was hungry so, I ate lunch.
Answer: A
Question: Identify the conjunction:
"We stayed inside because it was raining."
Answer: Because
Question: What conjunction can show a contrast between two ideas?
Answer: But
Question: Name all seven FANBOYS conjunctions.
Answer: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Question: Choose the best conjunction:
"It was raining, ___ we stayed inside."
A. so
B. or
C. nor
Answer: A. So
Question: What is wrong with this sentence?
"I wanted pizza, or I ordered a hamburger."
Answer: The conjunction or does not make sense because the sentence describes what actually happened. A better sentence would be:
"I wanted pizza, but I ordered a hamburger."
Question: Which sentence uses a conjunction correctly?
A. I was tired, because I stayed up late.
B. I was tired because I stayed up late.
C. I was tired because, I stayed up late.
Answer: B
Question: Identify the conjunction:
"I wanted to go outside, but it was raining."
Answer: But
Question: Which FANBOYS conjunction best completes the sentence?
"I was tired, ___ I finished my homework."
Answer: Yet
Question: Choose the best conjunction:
"She studied hard, ___ she still did not pass the test."
A. and
B. yet
C. so
Answer: B. Yet
Question: Fix the sentence:
"The test was difficult I studied so I could pass."
Answer:
"The test was difficult, so I studied so I could pass."
Teacher note: A stronger revision would be:
"The test was difficult, so I studied hard to pass."
Question: Identify all the conjunctions:
"I wanted to go to the game, but I had to work, so I watched it on TV."
Answer: But and so