Join Clauses With FANBOYS

Teach FANBOYS first, then subordinating conjunctions. Use the interjection sheet as a quick review of commas and end marks.

Join 10 clause pairs with a comma and a FANBOYS conjunction that shows reason, choice or result. The seven coordinating conjunctions, called FANBOYS, can join two independent clauses when a comma comes before them. The directions on the page read: Join each pair of clauses. On the line, write a comma and the conjunction from the box that matches the meaning in parentheses. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade parts of speech, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with conjunctions and interjections. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Yet shows a surprise, as in The test was long, yet everyone finished early. For shows a reason and so shows a result.

Until shows time and unless shows a condition. We stayed inside until the rain stopped, but The garden will dry out unless it rains.

Use an exclamation point if the next word starts a new sentence, as in Yikes! A spider is crawling up the wall. Use a comma if the sentence keeps going.