Conjunctions
Identify the conjunction...
The shark swam, and the polar bear ate.
What is and?
True or False: Simple sentences have conjunctions.
What is false?
What is the independent clause in this sentence?
The game will be delayed until it stops raining.
What is the game will be delayed?
A compound sentence has an _________ clause and a ______ clause.
What is independent and dependent?
I am a word that joins words, phrases, and clauses.
What is a conjunction?
Identify the conjunction...
Although the dog ate his dinner, he still begged at the table.
What is although?
Identify the sentence structure
Megan and Ronda ate too much food and felt sick.
What is a simple sentence?
Fill in the blank (with the missing conjunction): I will either go to the mall _____ the library after school.
Hint: There are two parts (NOT TWO WORDS) to this answer.
What is ,or?
I am a sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a complex sentence?
Identify the conjunction...
Since I earned an A on my English test, Mom took me out to dinner.
What is since?
Identify the sentence structure...
The shoplifter had stolen clothes, so he ran once he saw the police.
What is a compound sentence?
True or False? This is a compound sentence: Soccer is played everywhere; I played soccer in England.
What is true?
What is the dependent clause in the sentence? While we are learning to jump rope, they are learning to juggle.
What is while we are learning to jump rope?
I contain a subject and verb and cannot stand alone by myself. Subordinating conjunctions usually comes before me in a sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
Identify the conjunction...
We can go to the movies at 9 unless the car won't start.
What is unless?
Identify the sentence structure...
Though Michael prefers watching romantic films, he rented the latest spy thriller, and he enjoyed it very much.
What is a compound complex sentence?
Choose the verb that agrees with the subject in the following sentence: Either my mother or my father (is/are) coming to the meeting.
What is is?
List all of the coordinating conjunctions.
For And Nor But Or Yet So
I am a sentence with two independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon that separates the clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
Because her teeth were chattering in fear, Lynda clenched her jaw muscle while waiting for her turn to audition.
When do you use a comma in a complex sentence?
What is when the dependent clause comes first?
Choose the correct word to complete the following sentence: Tiffany is a better writer (then, than) Richard is.
What is than?
List 5 subordinating conjunctions
Answers will vary but must be subordinating conjunctions
I am a sentence with two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a compound-complex sentence?