FANBOYS
Name the sentence formula for two independent sentences that are joined by a conjunction.
What is I,cI?
This is what you have to include with a comma if you are joining two independent clauses.
What are the FANBOYS?
Give an example of the uses for semi-colons.
What are to separate items in a list that have a comma and join two sentences together?
What is the symbol for colons?
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Sentence formula that includes two independent sentences and semicolon.
What is I;I?
Give an example of when to use a comma.
What is separate 2 items or more in a list
Use before FANBOYS in a compound sentence.
After an introductory word or dependent phrase.
Where does the semi-colon belong in the following sentence: I was hungry he was starving.
What is in between "hungry" and "he"?
Where does the colon go in the following: She had one goal win the game.
She had one goal: win the game.
Give an example of how you can combine two complete sentences into one.
What is a comma and one of the FANBOYS?
or
What is a semicolon?
Where do the commas belong in the following sentence: "Mr. Grady loves art so he makes us draw a lot."
What is before "so" and after "art"?
These are replaced when forming a compound sentence with a semi-colon.
What is a comma and one of the FANBOYS?
Where does the colon go in the following sentence: He bought a lot of food pizza, wings, and chips.
He bought a lot of food: pizza, wings, and chips.
What does the F in FANBOYS stand for and mean?
What is For and it means because?
This is where the comma is placed in a compound sentence.
What is before the FANBOYS?
Where does the semicolon go in the following: James went to the movies Roxy went to the mall.
What is after movie or before Roxy.
Give an example of when to use a colon.
What are to introduce a list, to introduce an explanation, and before something that completes the first idea.
The name of sentences that lets you combine two sentences into one.
What are compound sentences?
Where do commas belong in the following sentence: He went down to Miami Florida Las vegas Nevada or Atlanta Georgia when he wanted to have a wild time.
What is after "Miami," "Las vegas," and "Atlanta."
Where do semi-colons belong in the following sentence? This week's winners are Joe from Reno, Nevada Diane from Phoenix, Arizona and Matt from Irvine, California.
What is after Nevada and after Arizona?
Where does the colon go in the following: Harry the Dog and Mabel the Cat were having an intense argument about umbrellas are umbrellas to be used only for rain?
Harry the Dog and Mabel the Cat were having an intense argument about umbrellas: are umbrellas to be used only for rain?