Compound Sentences with Coordinating Conjunctions

• When you join two things that could be sentences on their own with a word such as “and,” “but,” or “or,” you need a comma before the coordinating conjunction.

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• Are these sentences?

• Cougars win. (This could stand by itself as a sentence.)

• If he ate. (Nope. It needs more.)

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The Pattern

• sentence , for sentence• and• nor• but• or• yet• so

The forward kicked the ball , and we scored the winning goal.

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The Pattern

• sentence , for sentence• and• nor• but• or• yet• so

The forward fell to the ground , and opposing team stole the ball.

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The Pattern

• sentence , for sentence• and• nor• but• or• yet• so

She zoomed down the field , so we broke the tie.

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The Pattern

• sentence , for sentence.• and• nor• but• or• yet• so

your sentence , coordinating conjunction your sentence.

Now, please write a sentence following this pattern.