Compound Sentence Practice

Which compound sentence technique creates a more continuous flow and puts equal emphasis on both clauses?

• coordinating conjunction

• ; conjunctive adverb,

• comma

• semicolon

I will eat pizza, ____ I will eat hamburgers.

• for

• but

• so

• or

I will not stay up playing Warframe, ___ I will stay up looking at memes.

• so

• but

• and

• nor

I don't do any work in English, _____ I am passing the class.

• nor

• or

• so

• yet

Which compound sentence is correct?

• I was tired from school,I had to go to class anyways.

• Everyone was busy, so I went to bowling alone.

• I went to the store, I got chips.

• The storm brought heavy rain but, a tornado did the most damage

Which compound sentence technique combines independent clauses to show a specific relationship between two separate ideas?

• coordinating conjunction

• ; conjunctive adverb,

• semicolon

• comma

The forecast said that the rain would stop; _____, it rained for two more days.

• however

• therefore

• moreover

• indeed

Which compound sentence technique joins two independent clauses that are directly related and state the same idea in two different ways?

• coordinating conjunction

• ; conjunctive adverb,

• semicolon

• comma

Which of these sentences properly combined independent clauses using a conjunctive adverb?

• My little brother eats snow, however, he avoids eating yellow snow.

• My little brother eats snow; however, he avoids eating yellow snow.

• My little brother eats snow, however; he avoids eating yellow snow.

• My little brother eats snow; and he avoids eating yellow snow.

Maria likes summer the best, but Sophie prefers spring.

• simple sentence

• compound sentence