FANBOYS

Connecting Sentances

100

She ate pizza. He ate fries. 

She ate pizza, and he ate fries. 

200

She took the dogs on a long walk. They were quiet all day. 

She took the dogs on a long walk, so they were quiet all day. 

300

She is a vegetarian. She doesn't eat meat. 

She is vegetarian, so she doesn't eat meat. 

400

I love candy. I know candy is not good for me. 

I love candy, but I know it is not good for me. 

500

He was not happy. He was not excited. 

He was neither happy, nor excited. 

Rules

100

True or False? About is a FANBOY coordinating conjunction.  

False

200

How do you connect two phrases and clauses together? 

By using a FANBOYS conjunction

300

What does FANBOYS stand for? 

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

400

True or False? FANBOYS connect two phrases and clauses together.

True

500

Where do you put a comma in a sentence containing a FANBOY?

You put the comma before the FANBOY.

YES / NO

100

Conjunction FOR is similar to BECAUSE

YES

200

Using the conjunction YET is as the same as using BUT

YES

300

The conjunction AND is used only to list items.

No

400

The conjunction SO expresses contrast

NO

500

NEITHER and NOR mean the same.

NO

• As a subject: "Neither of the answers is correct."
• As part of a pair: "Neither Jane nor Tom likes coffee."

Fill in the blank

100

I love to sleep very late, ___ I have school in the morning. 

but

200

He wasn't hungry, ___ was he thirsty.

nor

300

I am going to the gym, ___ I want to lose weight. 

for

400

I can eat cake, ___ I can eat pie. There isn't any problem.

or

500

I ran fast, ___ I came in last. 

yet