EF 2/3 Compound sentences

Simple sentence
S+V
She lives in Burnaby. He lives in Richmond

Compound sentence
She lives in Burnaby. He lives in Richmond.

She lives in Burnaby, and he lives in Richmond.
She lives in Burnaby, but he lives in Richmond.

S+V  , XXX  S+V.


FANBOYS
for
and
nor
but
or
yet
so

It is cold, but it is not raining. COMPOUND

; semicolon








FANBOYS – not all commonly used
for She is wearing a sweater, for it is cold.
She is wearing a sweater because it is cold. COMPLEX

and YES!

nor She doesn’t speak French, nor does she speak German.
She doesn’t speak French or German. SIMPLE

but YES!

or YES!

yet It is sunny, yet it is cold.
It is sunny, but it is cold.

so YES!

MOST COMMONLY USED
MOST USEFUL
so
or
but
and

FANBOYS
SOBA = so or but and

High frequency words = most used

I like English, but I don’t like math. COMPOUND
The little kid likes English, but she hates math. COMPOUND
The little kid likes English but hates math. SIMPLE
COMPOUND SV SV

When do I use a comma?

VERY IMPORTANT
She drinks tea but doesn’t drink coffee. SIMPLE
She drinks tea, but she doesn’t drink coffee. COMPOUND