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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Commas With Conjunctions

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Conjunctions can join two separate clauses, but sometimes they need commas. Learn how to do so correctly with this video. [0:48]
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University of Calgary

University of Calgary: Parts of Speech Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Nice website that offers an explanation of coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions, along with examples of usage and an interactive quiz.
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Quia

Quia: Conjunctions; Compound Sentences

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Choose the best coordinating conjunction to complete each compound sentence in this twelve-question quiz.
eBook
Quia

Quia: Main Idea/supporting Details

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a conjunctions quiz using coordinating conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs.
Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is prepared by Professor Charles Darling of Capital Community College, this extremely thorough site breaks down its discussion into categories of coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions. Focuses most...
Website
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Connecting Clauses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Notes defining dependent and independent clauses, followed by an eleven-slide PowerPoint presentation defining and giving examples of simple, compound, and complex sentences. More notes explain subordinating conjunctions, conjunctive...
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English Club

English Club: Learn English: Grammar: Conjunction

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An explanation of conjunctions including links to addition information: What is a Conjunction, Introduction to Conjunctions, Coordinating Conjunctions, Subordinating Conjunctions, and a Conjunctions Quiz.
Activity
Other

Spanish in Texas: Introduction to Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning module reviews information about the use of Spanish conjunctions. Lists of conjunctions, arranged into coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions, are included. Audio and written examples are provided, along...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Crucible: Fragments and Run on Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on fragments and run-on sentences including explaining dependent and independent clauses, fragments, run-ons, comma splices, and coordinating conjunctions. It provides examples and links to quizzes.
Handout
University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin Madison: Writing Center: Grammar and Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides a grammar reference for students. The rules for using dashes, commas, semicolons, coordinating conjunctions, and conjunctive adverb are included. Topics including subject-verb agreement, how to proofread, and twelve...
eBook
Quia

Quia: Homonyms

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
The point of this interactive exercise is to distinguish among coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, and interjections.
PPT
Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Presentations: Coordination and Subordination Power Point

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A PowerPoint slide explaining the use of coordinate and subordinate conjunctions to join clauses. Questions that may be found on standardized tests are included.
Handout
The Tongue Untied

The Tongue Untied: Subordinating Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Maintained by the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communications, this site offers a standard definition and numerous examples of subordinating conjunctions, using journalistic (newspaper-like) examples. Provides list of...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Grammar: Conjunction Quiz

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Choose the best conjunction to complete each sentence in this twelve-question quiz.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Commas and Coordination

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces how to use commas with coordinating clauses and conjunctive adverbs.
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English Plus+

Grammar Slammer Glossary: Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers a basic definition of conjunctions, with hypertext links to related terms (phrases, clauses, subordinate clauses, and main clauses). Addresses coordinate, correlative, and subordinate conjunctions.
eBook
Quia

Quia: Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 14-question, multiple choice quiz over conjunctions. Students read each statement paying attention to the punctuation around the blank and select the appropriate word.
Handout
University College London

University College London: Conjunctions: Coordination Types

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from the Internet Grammar of English of the University College of London. It offers very complete--and technical--information, identifying three types of coordinators: syndetic, asyndetic, and polysyndetic. Offers self-quiz....
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English Worksheets Land

English Worksheets Land: Correlative Conjunctions: Recognizing Conjunctions

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Use this worksheet to practice identifying coordinating and correlative conjunctions within sentences.
Article
Other

Scribendi: Articles & Advice: What Are Conjunctions?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn all about coordinating and correlative conjunctions with this detailed article.
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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: Semicolon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This entry provides the rules for semicolon use and examples of each including between independent clauses without coordinating conjunctions, between independent clauses with a conjunctive adverb, and between items in a series containing...
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Compound Sentences & Fanboys

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A five-part learning module with links to an image, videos, and texts about compound sentences and the coordinating conjunctions used to form them.
Unit Plan
Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Self Teaching Unit: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson starts with the simple sentence and explains sentence parts, independent clauses, types of sentences, coordinating conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs, and sentence errors (comma splices and fused sentences). Links to practice...