Compound Sentences.

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Compound Sentences

What is a compound sentence? Compound Sentence- two independent clauses connected by a comma and a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) or a semi-colon.

Coordinating Conjunction FANBOYS -For -And -Nor -But -Or -Yet -So

What are clauses? An independent Clause CAN stand alone and contains a complete thought.

Compound Sentence examples My husband was working, so I went shopping. He did not take the money, for it was not the right thing to do. It was getting dark, and we weren’t there yet.

Join these independent phases together with a conjunction Joe waited for the train. The train was late. Kaitlyn had homework to do. She decided to finish it. Dan ran out of money. He had to stop shopping. Michael didn’t want to go to the dentist. He went anyway.