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.
 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.
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
Combine the Simple
Sentences
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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.
And the Answers
1. I like dark chocolate, but white chocolate
 Suggests a contrast that is unexpected in
clause.
2. You can memorize all of the Word Dissection
can be clueless about complex words on the
 Suggest that only one possibility can be
one or the other.
3. My mom vacuumed the carpet yesterday, so
from my hiking boots is gone.
 Shows that the second idea is the result of
4. Learning to swim is easy, so you can learn to
few minutes.
 Suggests a refinement of the first clause.
The Rest of the
Answers
5.
6.
7.
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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