Homework for Thursday, September 16, 2010

Complete pages 9 and 10 in the English Reteaching Workbook.

Compound sentences are two simple sentences joined together by a conjunction (usually a FANBOY).
F = FOR
A = AND
N= NOR
B = BUT
O = OR
Y = YET
S = SO

You are to write simple or compound for the sentences given. One quick way to do this is to locate the conjunction first in the sentence and circle it.

Now look at the words before the conjunction and the words after the conjunction.

If the words before and after the conjunction are sentences by themselves, then the sentence is compound.
Example:

Bobby is in school, but he should be home any minute.

• circle the conjunction (and)
• Look at the words before the conjunction (Bobby is in school). Is that a sentence? (YES!)
• Look at the words after the conjunction (he should be home any minute) is that a sentence? (YES!)

The sentence is compound.

Example #2

Bobby and Caroline are in school.

• circle the conjunction (and)
• Look at the words before the conjunction. (Bobby). Is that a sentence? (NO!)
• Look at the words after the conjunction (Caroline are in school). Is that a sentence (YES even though the subject and verb do not agree.

The sentence is simple

Page 10 asks you to list the conjunction you find in each sentence. Remember FANBOYS!!!
Get to Work!!!