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SUNY Empire State College

Empire State College: Compound Sentences

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A brief resource about compound sentences. Includes a definition and some examples. It also includes basic and advanced practice exercises on compound and complex sentences.
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English Plus+

English Plus: Commas in Compound Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This grammar tutorial provides rules for the comma to separate independent clauses in a compound sentence.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Speaking, Listening and Writing Compound Contrasting Sentences

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will be answering text-dependent questions in which they will have to describe the differences between the different characters, settings, and major events in our stories using complex contrasting sentences. The students will...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Combining Skills

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students sometimes have difficulty learning to combine sentences correctly and effectively. This site discusses several methods and provides practice opportunities and quizzes.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Semicolon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What is a semicolon and how do you use it in your writing? Check out this tutorial to learn more about this punctuation mark in English sentence structure.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Avoiding Run on Sentences Practice Exercise

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
An exercise with ten run-on sentences where students are asked to choose which re-written sentence is correct. A percentage score is given at the end of the exercise.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo: One Word Sentences and How They Work

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Emma Bryce explains how one-word sentences illustrate some lexical ambiguities that can turn ordinary words and sentences into mazes that mess with our minds. [3:28]
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English for Everyone

English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 1: Level 6 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 6 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound and complex sentences.
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English for Everyone

English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 2: Level 6 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 6 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound and complex sentences.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Story Starting Participles

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, Roni Schotter's picture book entitled The Boy Who Loved Words is used as the mentor text. This Language Arts Common Core Standards-aligned lesson pre-writing task engages students in writing a collection of ideas of story...
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Comma Worksheets

For Students 9th - 10th
In this learning module, students will learn more about commas. A PowerPoint lesson and reinforcement worksheets are provided. This module is designed to support all students via hands-on approaches.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Location

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Common Core standards specify the requirement for children to use frequently occurring prepositions. Mastering this standard will help learners formulate compound sentences as they go up in grade levels. In this lesson, students will use...
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College Claparede (Switzerland)

English Exercises Online: Conjunctions (2)

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Complete each sentence by typing the conjunction in the box to show the correct relationship between the independent clauses in the sentence. Hints are available if needed, and answers can be checked after each sentence.
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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Comma

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This entry focuses on the rules for comma use including listing the uses, explaining the rules, and providing detailed examples.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Semicolons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This semicolon tutorial includes notes, a slideshow, and an animated YouTube video. The slideshow defines semicolons, explains how and when to use them, and provides examples of them in context. The video explains the Chicago Style...

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