The document discusses simple and compound sentences. It provides examples of simple sentences with one clause and compound sentences with two independent clauses joined by a FANBOYS conjunction. It also provides a test to determine if a sentence is compound by checking if it contains two complete sentences joined by a comma and a FANBOYS word.

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4. Simple Sentences
Nick Allen had plenty of ideas.
He knew what to do with them.

5. Compound Sentence
Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and
he knew what to do with them.

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8. Simple Sentences
I think about going in my room now.
It smells like the inside of an old
lunch bag in there.

9. Compound Sentence
I think about going in my room now,
but it smells like the inside of an old
lunch bag in there.

12. Simple Sentences
She didn’t want to play with Jill.
She didn’t want to play with Jim.

13. Compound Sentence
She didn’t want to play with Jill, and she
didn’t want to play with Jim.

15. Sentence sentence
for
and
nor
but
or
yet
so
, .

16. FANBOYS
for
and
nor
but
or
yet
so

49. Compound Sentence Test
Are there two complete sentences, with
subjects and verbs on each side of the
FANBOYS?
Are a comma and one of the FANBOYS
joining the two complete sentences?
Yes? Then it’s a compound sentence!
No? Then it’s not a compound sentence!