Compound Sentence

What do you use to join two simple sentences to make a compound sentence?

• only a comma

• only a conjunction

• a comma and a conjunction (FANBOYS)

• an exclamation point

Which of these is a compound sentence?

• The Johnsons moved in next door.

• Don’t cheat on your test.

• Molly, Keisha and Ben had a lemonade sale.

• I liked visiting New York, but I don’t want to live there.

Read the two simple sentences below. Choose the compound sentence that joins them with the right punctuation.

She’ll learn to play the piano. She’ll learn to play the trumpet.

• She’ll learn to play the piano, she’ll learn to play the trumpet.

• She’ll learn to play the piano, or she’ll learn to play the trumpet.

• She’ll learn to play the piano she’ll learn to play the trumpet.

• She’ll learn to play the piano or she’ll learn to play the trumpet.

How can these sentences be combined to form a compound sentence with the correct punctuation?

I don’t want to do the dishes. I want to take out the garbage.

• I don’t want to do the dishes, I want to take out the garbage.

• I don’t want to do the dishes, take out the garbage.

• I don’t want to do the dishes, but I want to take out the garbage.

• But I want to take out the garbage.

Is the following sentence a Simple Sentence or Compound Sentence?

My pregnant wife was craving for pickled mango, so I drove to Malama store to buy one.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Is the following sentence a Simple sentence or a Compound sentence?

John and Jane ate the entire pepperoni pizza.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Is the following sentence a Simple sentence or a Compound sentence?

John and Jane ate the entire pepperoni pizza.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

What sentence structure is created when you join two independent clauses with a semicolon?

• compound sentence
•  complex sentence
• simple sentence