CONJUNCTIONS
____________ conjunctions join two independent clauses to create compound sentences.
What is "COORDINATING"?
A simple sentence is also known as an _____________ clause.
What is "INDEPENDENT"?
Compound sentences contain two independent clauses joined by a _____________ conjunction.
What is "COORDINATING"?
Complex sentences combine an independent clause and at least one ______________ clause.
What is "DEPENDENT"?
A compound-complex sentence contains at least ___________ independent clauses as well as one or more dependent clauses.
What is "TWO"? (Think of compound-complex sentences as compound sentences with any number of dependent clauses thrown in the mix)
___________ conjunctions signal a dependent clause and appear in complex and compound-complex sentences.
What is "SUBORDINATING"?
Every simple sentence must have two main ingredients, a _____________ and a _____________.
What is a "SUBJECT" and a "PREDICATE"?
T/F Compound sentences always contain a comma before the coordinating conjunction.
What is "TRUE"?
The acronym "AAAWWUBBIS" helps us remember the following common subordinating conjunctions:
What are "AFTER, ALTHOUGH, AS, WHEN, WHILE, UNTIL, BECAUSE, BEFORE, IF, SINCE"
T/F Compound-complex sentences contain both subordinating and coordinating conjunctions unless a semi-colon replaces the coordinating conjunction.
What is "TRUE"? (Since they contain multiple independent clauses and and at least one dependent clause, they would contain FANBOYS and at least one signaling AAAWWUBBIS word.)
___________ is an acronym to help us remember 7 common coordinating conjunctions.
What is "FANBOYS"?
T/F Simple sentences do not contain commas.
What is "FALSE"? (A simple sentence might contain commas in the case of listing, for example).
T/F The following is a complex sentence: We went shopping because we were out of bread.
What is "TRUE"? ("We went shopping" is an independent clause, and "because we were out of bread" is a dependent clause)
In the following sentence, identify the dependent clause(s): We went the the movie because we were bored, but we left early because the movie was stupid.
What is "BECAUSE WE WERE BORED" and "BECAUSE THE MOVIE WAS STUPID"?
_______________ is an acronym to help us remember 10 common subordinating conjunctions.
What is "AAAWWUBBIS"?
T/F The following is a simple sentence: John mowed the lawn while we drank lemonade.
What is "FALSE"? This is a complex sentence because "while we drank lemonade" is a dependent clause.
T/F The following is a complex sentence: We were out of bread, so we decided to go shopping.
What is "FALSE"? ("So" is a coordinating conjunction -- one of the FANBOYS -- which signals an independent clause)
T/F Commas are required before both subordinating and coordinating conjunctions.
What is "FALSE"? (A comma does not precede a subordinating conjunction, but it does come after a dependent clause if an independent clause follows.)
T/F The following is a simple sentence: George and Suzanne went shopping, bowling and to the movies after lunch.
What is "TRUE"? (Although there is a comma and the conjunctions "and" and "after," there is only one independent clause in this sentence.)
T/F The following is a compound sentence: Because school is out early on Tuesdays, we often go skating.
What is "FALSE"? (This is an example of a complex sentence because "Because school is out early on Tuesdays" is a dependent clause.)
Locate the dependent clauses in the following sentence: After school was out, we went to the store because we were needing snacks since we were planning to watch a party.
What are: "AFTER SCHOOL WAS OUT," "BECAUSE WE WERE NEEDING SNACKS," and "SINCE WE WERE PLANNING TO WATCH A PARTY." (Only "we went to the store" is independent)