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Grammar #4 Coordinating Conjunctions Practice

Grammar #4 Coordinating Conjunctions Practice. AP English Language and Composition. Why do I have to do this?. Many of you had essays that were FULL of conjunction errors—these make your essays confusing to read.

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Grammar #4 Coordinating Conjunctions Practice

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  1. Grammar #4Coordinating Conjunctions Practice AP English Language and Composition

  2. Why do I have to do this? • Many of you had essays that were FULL of conjunction errors—these make your essays confusing to read. • Standard: WOC 1.1 Demonstrate control of grammar, diction, and paragraph and sentence structure and an understanding of English usage. • ESLR: Reflective Communicators • Objective: Write your essays using proper punctuation for compound and complex sentences.

  3. Remember the Coordinating Conjunctions Remember FANBOYS: • F= for • A=and • N=nor • B=but • O=or • Y=yet • S=so • Review your notes from Wednesday, so you will select the coordinating conjunction that will function the best in the sentence

  4. Combine the Simple Sentences Directions: In the exercises, select the best functioning coordinating conjunction combine the simple sentences. Know why you chose each coordinating conjunction. • I like dark chocolate. White chocolate makes me gag. • You can memorize all of the Word Dissection definitions. You can be clueless about complex words on the SAT. • My mom vacuumed the carpet yesterday. The dirt tracked in from my hiking boots is gone. • Learning to swim is easy. You can learn to doggy paddle in just a few minutes. • Her majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, ordered the servants to prepare the palace. The French ambassador would be visiting next week. • Considering the immense sadness, you should not tell any jokes today. Do not smirk at the ironic puns or innuendo. • You may have to modify the second sentence. • Reading The Kite Runner seemed unbearable. I continued to turn the pages, falling deeper into Hassan’s burdensome existence.

  5. And the Answers • I like dark chocolate, but white chocolate makes me gag. • Suggests a contrast that is unexpected in the light of the first clause. • You can memorize all of the Word Dissection definitions, oryou can be clueless about complex words on the SAT. • Suggest that only one possibility can be realized, excluding one or the other. • My mom vacuumed the carpet yesterday, sothe dirt tracked in from my hiking boots is gone. • Shows that the second idea is the result of the first idea. • Learning to swim is easy, soyou can learn to doggy paddle in just a few minutes. • Suggests a refinement of the first clause.

  6. The Rest of the Answers • Her majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, ordered the servants to prepare the palace, for the French ambassador would be visiting next week. • Shows the reason for the preceding clause (and considered very literary, snobbish, formal and/or “highfalutin”). • Considering the immense sadness, you should not tell any jokes today, nor should you smirk at the ironic puns or innuendo. • Shows negative alternatives. • Reading The Kite Runner seemed unbearable, yet I continued to turn the pages, falling deeper into Hassan’s burdensome existence. • Functions to contrast ideas like “but” with an element of distinction in it’s clause.

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