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Combining Sentences
Combining Sentences
Using Conjunctions to Combine Sentences
Using Conjunctions to Combine Sentences
Conjunctions are joining words. Seven common conjunctions are and, but, yet, so, for, or, and nor. Use a comma before a conjunction when it joins two complete sentences.
Conjunctions are joining words. Seven common conjunctions are and, but, yet, so, for, or, and nor. Use a comma before a conjunction when it joins two complete sentences.
Directions: On a piece of paper, write down the conjunction in each sentence, and add a comma in the correct place. Then, compare your answers to the paragraph underneath (click on the V to see the answers)
Directions: On a piece of paper, write down the conjunction in each sentence, and add a comma in the correct place. Then, compare your answers to the paragraph underneath (click on the V to see the answers)
Example: People admire Jackie Robinson for he was the first African-American to play on a major league baseball team.
Example: People admire Jackie Robinson for he was the first African-American to play on a major league baseball team.
His family did not have a lot of money yet he was still able to fulfill his dreams. Jackie Robinson went to Pasadena Junior College and then he went to the University of California at Los Angeles. Robinson played many different sports in college and he excelled in all of them. He had money problems during his junior year so he had to drop out of college.
Robinson was a soldier during World War II and then he joined an all-black baseball team called the Kansas City Monarchs. Branch Rickey was the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers and he saw Robinson play.
Rickey realized Robinson was a great player so he asked him to join the Brooklyn farm team. Robinson had an outstanding batting average so he was brought up to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Racist fans sometimes booed Jackie Robinson but he didn't let racism stop him. He later became active in the civil rights movement for he believed in equality and freedom.
His family did not have a lot of money, yet he was still able to fulfill his dreams. Jackie Robinson went to Pasadena Junior College, and then he went to the University of California at Los Angeles. Robinson played many different sports in college, and he excelled in all of them. He had money problems during his junior year, so he had to drop out of college.
Robinson was a soldier during World War II, and then he joined an all-black baseball team called the Kansas City Monarchs. Branch Rickey was the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and he saw Robinson play. Rickey realized Robinson was a great player, so he asked him to join the Brooklyn farm team.
Robinson had an outstanding batting average, so he was brought up to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Racist fans sometimes booed Jackie Robinson, but he didn't let racism stop him. He later became active in the civil rights movement, for he believed in equality and freedom.
Using Connectors
Using Connectors
Connectors are another kind of joining word used to combine sentences. Some common connectors are however, moreover, therefore, and instead. When a connector joins two complete sentences, put a semicolon(;) before the connector and a comma (,) after it.
Connectors are another kind of joining word used to combine sentences. Some common connectors are however, moreover, therefore, and instead. When a connector joins two complete sentences, put a semicolon(;) before the connector and a comma (,) after it.
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