There are three ways to punctuate two independent clauses ...



Compound Sentences

There are three ways to punctuate a compound sentence, a sentence with two independent clauses (complete with both subject and verb):

1) With a period:

• I have a cat. Her name is Mocha.

2) With a semi-colon:

• I have a cat; her name is Mocha.

3) With a comma + FANBOYS (coordinating conjunction, FANBOYS= for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

• I have a cat, and her name is Mocha.

Do NOT do this:

• I have a cat her name is Mocha.

Or this:

• I have a cat, her name is Mocha.

Never, ever, ever connect two independent clauses with only a comma!

1) My mom is strict she just wants me to be safe.

2) MVMS is a great school, I like it a lot here!

3) Halloween was so much fun I got a stomachache from all the candy.

4) I enjoy dancing my best friend likes to dance, too.

5) The car ride was noisy it always was when I was young.

6) The beach was so colorful and bright from all of the umbrellas and the towels, it looked like a circus for as far as you could see.

7) I couldn’t believe it I was safe.

8) I was on my basketball court, on a warm Friday afternoon I’d been out here for about two hours, but I didn’t care I wasn’t coming in any time soon.

9) I don’t care, it’s my last run and I am enjoying it.

10) The room was not like the others it smelled of fear.

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Please underline the subjects and double-underline the verbs in each sentence, then correct the punctuation of the following sentences using one of the three options you’ve just learned.

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