Coordinating conjunction joining independent clauses Coordinating conjunctions

quickly.
3. Many Latin American children were in Maria’s new school so she felt comfortable.

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  Sally wrote novels. She wrote essays. (Period)
  
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  Sally wrote novels, and she wrote essays. (Comma and conjunction)
  
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  Sally wrote novels; she wrote essays. (Semicolon)
  

Make corrections to the following sentences. If a sentence is not a run-on, write “Correct.”

6. 
   We went to a movie we stopped for a snack.
   
7. 
   The school bus stopped at the corner of my street.
   
8. 
   The scary dog barked and growled, the thief turned and ran.
   

9. 
   Because Maria made high grades the principal asked her parents to allow
   

10. 
    Mr. Rodriquez Maria’s mother and the principal all wanted Maria to have a chance to go to college.
    

11. 
    Despite her reservations about the move Maria’s mother wanted her daughter to be
    

12. 
    Because Maria began to do better in her classes she was much happier and seemed to like school more than ever.
    

13. 
    Yes there was one class Maria found difficult it was athletics.
    

14. 
    Children like Maria who was small for her age are likely to find physical competition
    

15. 
    Maria and her mom went to the movies, they shared popcorn and chocolate.
    

16. 
    During the concert, I had to leave to take an emergency phone call, I walked outside to keep from disturbing others.
    

17. 
    Dr. Jones and his nurse will attend the medical conference in January, and they will speak to other medical professionals during their visit to clarify the new procedure.
    

18. 
    Because Sharon and David were concerned about school loans they decided to bank their money for the future.
    

19. 
    Therefore we need to move ahead to finish on time.
    

20. 
    To prepare for the lecture Dr. Plank read Thomas Jefferson Thomas Paine and Abraham Lincoln.
    

21. 
    Finding an honest intelligent leader has been impossible.
    

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  Circle the correct verb form that is in agreement with the subject.
  
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22. 
    In the alley behind the building (is, are) three dumpsters for recycling.
    

23. 
    A brook (gurgles, gurgle) through the leafy forest.
    

24. 
    The farms of Nebraska (produces, produce) millions of bushels of grain.
    

25. 
    Michael (was, were) studying for the arduous science test.
    

26. 
    Three months (passes, pass) during summer vacation.
    

When I wake up the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out seeking Prim’s warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course she did. This is the day of the reaping.

I prop myself up on one elbow. There’s enough light in the bedroom to see them. My little sister Prim curled up on her side cocooned in my mother’s body their cheeks pressed together. In sleep my mother looks younger still worn but not so beaten-down. Prim’s face is as fresh as a raindrop as lovely as the primrose for which she was named. My mother was very beautiful once too. Or so they tell me.

Excerpt from: The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins

THURSDAY WARMUP

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  circle the correct verb form that is in agreement with the subject.
  
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  Label the subject – S
  

29. People (is, are) often ten or twenty years behind the times in their knowledge of the world.

36. Each of you (has, have) an equal chance to make good grades.

37. All of the children (was, were) hunting Easter eggs in the garden.

38. A notebook and a pen (is, are) lying on the desk in the library.

39. My son, along with two friends, (is, are) coming for the weekend.

40. Sitting on the sofa (was, were) two students from Thailand.

Corrected

fingers stretch out, seeking Prim’s warmth but finding only

the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had

bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she

did. This is the day of the reaping.
I prop myself up on one elbow. There’s enough light in

the bedroom to see them. My little sister, Prim, curled up

on her side, cocooned in my mother’s body, their cheeks

pressed together. In sleep, my mother looks younger, still

worn but not so beaten-down. Prim’s face is as fresh as a

raindrop, as lovely as the primrose for which she was named.