A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, not, or, so, yet).
Turn each simple sentence below into a compound sentence.
1 We ate lunch.
We ate lunch, yet we were still hungry
2 The rocket flew high.
The rocket flew high, but it fell to the ground
3 Emily sang a song.
Emily sang a song, and she won the contest
4 The goldfish swims in the pond.
The goldfish swims in the pond, but the goldfish doesn’t always swim when we’re watching.
5 The party was fun.
The party was fun and we stayed late to help clean up.
6 On Wednesday Peter put his hand up in class.
On wednesday peter put his hand up in class so that he could ask a question on what we were learning.
7 Bert likes fruit for breakfast.
Bert likes fruit for breakfast but he never finishes it all.
8 What is your favourite colour?
What is your favourite colour? And has it always been your favourite colour?
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