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English 1st Term Lesson 5 -Compound Sentences

This lesson focuses on compound sentences, which consist of two or more independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunctions. Students will learn to identify and construct compound sentences using the FANBOYS mnemonic for conjunctions. The lesson concludes with examples and a preview of the next topic on complex sentences.

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English 1st Term Lesson 5 -Compound Sentences

This lesson focuses on compound sentences, which consist of two or more independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunctions. Students will learn to identify and construct compound sentences using the FANBOYS mnemonic for conjunctions. The lesson concludes with examples and a preview of the next topic on complex sentences.

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TAKORADI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

ENGLISH LESSON 5 – COMPOUND SENTENCES


YEAR 6
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to...

 Identify compound sentences.

 Construct compound sentences.


What is a Compound Sentence?

A compound sentence is a sentence that has two or more


independent clauses joined by a coordinate conjunction, comma or
semicolon.

An independent clause is a clause that has a subject and verb and


forms a complete thought or makes sense.

An example of a compound sentence is,

'This house is too expensive, and that house is too small.'

This sentence is a compound sentence because it has two


independent clauses, 'This house is too expensive' and 'that house is
too small' separated by a comma and the conjunction 'and.'
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

These are conjunctions used to join 2 or more clauses to form


compound sentences.

Below are the coordinating conjunctions, they form the mnemonic


FANBOYS

F - For
A - And
N - Nor
B - But
O - Or
Y - Yet
S – So

All independent clauses joined by the above conjunctions form


Compound Sentences.
Examples of Compound Sentences

Conjunction
Jane wanted popcorn, but there wasn’t any.

Independent clause Independent clause

Trina slept late, yet she got to school on time.

Independent clause Independent clause

Kelvin didn’t want to hurt Nana Akyaa’s feelings so he didn’t say


anything about her mistakes.

Notice how in each example above, 2 simple sentences were joined


by a coordinate conjunction to form a compound sentence.
We have come to the end of our lesson for today. We hope it was
easy to understand especially since you did this in year 5.

In our next lesson, we will be moving on to another type of sentence,


Complex sentences.

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