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LANGUAGE COACH_Get Involved A2

A compound sentence is made by putting together two or more simple sentences containing related information. The sentences are usually joined by a coordinating conjunction, such as so or yet. A comma is placed before the conjunction.

Compound Sentence Many people like dinosaurs, so the museum displays a dinosaur skeleton.

Compound Sentence I know dinosaurs are extinct, yet they still scare me!

Exercise 12: Create compound sentences from these sentence pairs using a comma and a coordinating conjunction. Write the new sentences on the lines.

1. We are going to the pond. Our dog is going with us.

2. The day is hot. I don’t mind.

3. We could walk through the woods. We could walk along the road.

4. The wooded path will be cool. The road will be faster.

5. Our dog Bruno will swim in the cool water. I will join him.

Exercise 13: Create compound sentences from these sentence pairs using a comma and the coordinating conjunction so or yet. Write the new sentences on the lines.

1. Modern birds are related to dinosaurs. They don’t look like lizards to me.

2. The T-Rex had powerful jaws and teeth. We know it was a carnivore.

3. I thought the T-Rex was fast. It only ran 10 or 12 miles per hour.

Complete each sentence with the correct coordinating conjunction.

4. Our class wanted a field trip, ______ we went to the Natural History Museum.

5. Our guide pointed out the oldest fossil in the museum, ______ it didn’t look very old.

6. Our teacher said we could either give a report on the trip, ______ we could make a diorama.