GRENDEL

SENTENCE IMITATION #3

COPY THE SENTENCE

“She hears them coming. I duck into the gloom to watch and wait”

(Gardner 126).

TRY IT: COMPOUND SENTENCE

• Conjoin the two simple sentences to make a compound sentence

• Use FANBOYS and proper comma placement.

She hears them coming, so I duck into the gloom to watch and wait (Gardner 126).

TRY IT: COMPLEX SENTENCE

• Conjoin the two sentences to create a complex sentence

• Use a subordinating conjunction and proper comma placement

Since she hears them coming, I duck into the gloom to watch and wait (126).

OrI duck into the gloom since she hears them coming (126).

COMPOUND SENTENCE & CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS

• Another way to create a compound sentence is by using conjunctive adverbs

She hears them coming; consequently, I duck into the gloom to watch and wait (Gardner 126).

COMMON CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS

• Accordingly hence• Additionally however• Again in addition• Almost in fact• Anyway instead• As a result likewise• Besides meanwhile• Certainly moreover• Comparatively eventually• Consequently equally• Contrarily finally• Conversely further• Furthermore nonetheless• Otherwise similarly• Subsequently therefore• Thus on the other hand

THE RULE

• Use a semicolon and a comma when a conjunctive adverb separates two main clauses.

She hears them coming; consequently, I duck into the gloom to watch and wait.

• As it follows, you will use a comma after one of these adverbs if you start a sentence with one, too.

Consequently, I duck into the gloom to watch and wait.

TRY IT NOW

Write your own original sentence on a topic of your choice using a conjunctive adverb with proper

punctuation.