Compound Sentence Examples: Proper Comma Placement with FANBOYS

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🤝 A compound sentence joins two independent clauses.
• ✍️ Independent clauses can stand alone as sentences.
• ✨ FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So) are coordinating conjunctions.
• 📌 Use a comma BEFORE the FANBOYS when connecting two independent clauses.
• 🚫 Avoid commas if only one side of the FANBOYS is an independent clause.

✍️ Practice Quiz

1. Which sentence uses commas and FANBOYS correctly?
   1. I wanted to go to the park but it started raining.
   2. I wanted to go to the park, but it started raining.
   3. I wanted to go to the park but, it started raining.
   4. I wanted to go to the park, but, it started raining.
2. Choose the sentence with correct punctuation:
   1. She likes tea, and he likes coffee.
   2. She likes tea and, he likes coffee.
   3. She likes tea and he likes coffee.
   4. She likes tea, and, he likes coffee.
3. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
   1. They were tired yet they kept working.
   2. They were tired, yet they kept working.
   3. They were tired, yet, they kept working.
   4. They were tired yet, they kept working.
4. Select the correctly punctuated sentence:
   1. He didn't want to go nor did she.
   2. He didn't want to go, nor did she.
   3. He didn't want to go nor, did she.
   4. He didn't want to go, nor, did she.
5. Which of these sentences uses FANBOYS and commas correctly?
   1. I was feeling hungry so I made a sandwich.
   2. I was feeling hungry, so I made a sandwich.
   3. I was feeling hungry, so, I made a sandwich.
   4. I was feeling hungry so, I made a sandwich.
6. Identify the sentence that correctly uses a comma with a FANBOYS conjunction:
   1. She is smart for she studies hard.
   2. She is smart, for she studies hard.
   3. She is smart for, she studies hard.
   4. She is smart, for, she studies hard.
7. Choose the sentence that demonstrates correct comma usage with FANBOYS:
   1. We can go to the movies or we can stay home.
   2. We can go to the movies, or we can stay home.
   3. We can go to the movies or, we can stay home.
   4. We can go to the movies, or, we can stay home.