What punctuation is usually used before " and " in a compound sentence?
Period
Question mark
Apostrophe
Comma
Which sentence has two independent clauses?
Because I was tired, I slept.
I was tired, and I slept.
Sleeping because I was tired.
When I was tired.
Which sentence is complex?
I read the book.
The interesting book.
I read the book and liked it.
When I read the book, I learned a lesson.
Which sentence is BOTH complete and correctly punctuated?
After facing many challenges.
Because she faced many challenges.
She faced many challenges she never gave up.
She faced many challenges, but she never gave up.
Why do writers use compound and complex sentences?
To make writing more interesting and clear
To avoid punctuation
To make fragments
To make writing shorter
Fix the fragment: After leaving her home country.
After leaving her home country, she moved to the United States.
After leaving.
Home country.
Leaving her home country.
Which sentence needs a comma?
When I finished the book I told my friend.
She read quickly.
The author was inspiring.
I read the book and liked it.
Which is a compound sentence?
After I read the book, I liked it.
Reading the book.
Because I liked the book.
I read the book, and I liked it.
Which sentence combines the ideas correctly? The author moved to the U.S. The author told memorable stories.
Moving to the U.S.
Because memorable stories.
The author moved to the U.S., and she told memorable stories.
The author moved to the U.S. told memorable stories.
Which sentence is complex?
She worked hard.
She worked hard, and she succeeded.
She worked hard and succeeded.
Because she worked hard, she succeeded.
Which word is a subordinating conjunction?
but
or
because
and
Which word often begins a complex sentence?
or
but
because
and
Which sentence is written correctly?
Because she struggled and worked hard.
She struggled and worked hard, and she reached her goal.
She struggled and worked hard and she reached her goal.
She struggled worked hard reached her goal.
Which sentence is compound?
After working hard.
Working hard every day.
She worked hard, and she succeeded.
Because she worked hard, she succeeded.
Which sentence is correct?
Finished the book, I told everyone.
When I finished the book.
When I finished the book and.
When I finished the book, I told everyone about it.
Which sentence is a fragment?
I finished the book, and I told my friend.
Because I finished the book yesterday.
After I finished the book, I told my friend.
I finished the book yesterday.
Which conjunction joins two complete ideas?
and
because
when
although
What is a fragment?
Two complete sentences joined together
A sentence with too many ideas
An incomplete sentence
A sentence with a comma
Which sentence is a run on?
The athlete won.
Because the athlete trained hard, she won.
The athlete trained hard she won the championship.
The athlete trained hard, and she won the championship.
Which sentence is NOT a fragment?
When she arrived.
Because she was determined.
She was determined to succeed.
After the race ended.
Which sentence is a run on?
The author moved to the U.S. She told stories.
The author moved to the U.S., and she told stories.
After the author moved to the U.S., she told stories.
The author moved to the U.S. she told stories.