1. Try the skill
Join ‘I wanted to read’ and ‘The room was too noisy’ to show a contrast.
AC9E2LA06 • Homework
Joining Ideas in Compound Sentences worksheet
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Choose the connection between two complete ideas
Name: __________________________ Date: ______________
Show your thinking with objects, drawings or words. An adult may read the instructions aloud.
Use the first two questions in class and the last two for homework or independent practice.
2. Try the skill
Does ‘The dog barked and the gate opened’ contain two independent clauses? Name them.
3. Apply and explain
Join ‘You can draw a map’ and ‘You can write directions’ to offer a choice.
4. Apply and explain
Explain why ‘birds and fish’ is not a compound sentence.
Check answers and explanations
Answer guide · AC9E2LA06
- I wanted to read, but the room was too noisy.
- Yes: ‘The dog barked’ and ‘the gate opened’ can each stand independently.
- You can draw a map, or you can write directions.
- It names two groups but does not contain two independent clauses stating complete ideas.
If help is needed: Adding ‘and’ does not always join two independent clauses. In ‘red and blue shoes’, it joins describing words, not two complete clauses.