Compound Sentences

A compound sentence has . . .

• 1 independent clause

• 1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause

• 2 or more independent clauses

• 2 or more independent clauses and 1 dependent clause.

What is used to connect 2 independent clauses in a compound sentence?

• subordinating conjunctions

• coordinating conjunctions

• a comma

• correlative conjunctions

When separating the 2 independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction, which part of speech is used before the coordinating conjunction

• a comma ,

• a colon :

• a semicolon ;

• a period .

The 2 independent clauses in a compound sentence can also be separated without a coordinating conjunction by using a . . .

• comma ,

• colon :

• period .

• semicolon ;

Which of the following is NOT a coordinating conjunction?

• and

• when

• or

• but

Which of the following is a coordinating conjunction?

• if

• when

• yet

• because

Which of the following sentences is a compound sentence?

• When I was born, Jimmy Carter was the president of the United States.

• At that time, he learned a lot about the science of electricity.

• They did not make much money, and they had to spend their earnings carefully.

• They collected a large number of stories and published them in a book.

Which of the following sentences is a compound sentence

• Their collections of stories and other books made the brothers famous.

• Frederick Douglas was one of the most important human rights leaders of the 19th century.

• In Berlin, the king paid them a generous salary, and they could focus on their work.

• When he was older, Frederick Douglas escaped on a train and lived in New York as a free person.

Which of the following sentences is NOT a compound sentence?

• By 1814, they had given up their legal careers and were pursuing their studies of folktales.

• Fairy tales are fictitious, but they are excellent stories.

• They also started work on a German dictionary, but the task was too large for them to finish.

• Many of these stories are quite old; some dated from the Middle Ages and earlier.

Which of the following sentences is NOT a compound sentence.

• Jacob Grimm was born in 1785, and Wilhelm Grimm was born in 1786.

• New York has several orchestras, and it has several ballet companies too.

• The Statue of Liberty is in New York Harbor; millions of people visit yearly.

• They collected a large number of books and published them in a book.