5.2 Compound Sentences with Conjunctions

Question 1

simple sentence

Answer 1

composed of a complete subject (the doer) and a complete predicate (the action).

Question 2

complex sentence

Answer 2

made up of an independent clause and a dependent clause

Question 3

compound sentence

Answer 3

made of two or more simple sentences (independent clauses) put together

Question 4

Simple sentences are joined by a ________.

Answer 4

conjunction

Question 5

When combining two independent clauses with any of the following conjunctions, a _______ should be placed before a conjunction.

Answer 5

comma

Question 6

A word used to join two sentences together is called a __________ word or _________.

Answer 6

connecting word or conjunction

Question 7

sample conjunctions

Answer 7

And, or, but, for, while, when, if, because, and after

Question 8

Note that a compound sentence must contain _____ or more nouns and _____ or more verbs, because it has joined together two complete sentences, each of which has its own noun and verb.

Answer 8

two