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401.1.6
501.1.5
What Do You Notice?
Connects a solution
with a problem (because)
Let’s go to the swimming pool,
for it’s hot inside the house.
AND
The Matchmaker
Connects a problem
with a result
I didn’t do my homework, so my
parents punished me.
Sometimes it is okay to leave out
the comma if the two simple
sentences are very short or very
closely related.
Compound sentence?
Compound Sentence Test
Are there two complete sentences, with
subjects and verbs on each side of the
FANBOYS?
Are a comma and one of the FANBOYS
joining the two complete sentences?
Yes? Then it’s a compound sentence!
No? Then it’s not a compound sentence!
Your Turn!