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Simple, compound, adverbial and relative complex sentences
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Which two co-ordinating conjunctions have a comma before them in a compound sentence?
and
but ✓
or ✓
Tick the compound sentence that is correctly punctuated.
The children ate their lunch, and they ran off to play.
We could walk home or we could take the bus.
We could walk home, but it's raining hard. ✓
Tick the sentence that should include a comma.
The volcano rumbled violently as the eruption drew near.
As the eruption drew near the volcano rumbled violently. ✓
The tourists watched the volcano rumble and they were very frightened.
Match the adverbial clause to an appropriate main clause.
When it was morning,
⇔
we got up sleepily. ✓
Because it was snowing,
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I wrapped up warmly. ✓
As the sun set,
⇔
we sang songs by the camp fire. ✓
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
As Laura watched a small, red fox darted past.
As Laura watched, a small, red fox darted past. ✓
As Laura watched a small red fox, darted past.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Andeep ran home and he grabbed his boots, his socks and his shinpads. ✓
Andeep ran home, and he grabbed his boots, his socks and his shinpads.
Andeep ran home and he grabbed his boots, his socks, and his shinpads.
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