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Linnea's Reindeer Journal: Commas in Compound Sentences

Grade 4 comma practice: fix compound sentences in a girl's journal about visiting her grandparents' reindeer herd, and spot sentences that need no comma.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.4.2.c

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 11 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 4
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students place a comma before a coordinating conjunction that joins two complete sentences.
  • Students tell compound sentences apart from sentences with one subject and two verbs that need no comma.

How to use

Review that a compound sentence joins two complete sentences with and, but, or or so. Then let students work through the journal sentences on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.4.2.c

Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.

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Linnea's Reindeer Journal: Commas in Compound Sentences

Put a comma before and, but, or and so when they join two sentences.

Choose the right sentence

Linnea is visiting her grandparents, who herd reindeer in northern Sweden. Help her check the sentences in her journal.

1.
Which sentence uses a comma correctly?
  • A. Grandpa started the snowmobile, and we rode out to the herd.
  • B. Grandpa started the snowmobile and, we rode out to the herd.
  • C. Grandpa started, the snowmobile and we rode out to the herd.
  • D. Grandpa started the snowmobile and we, rode out to the herd.
2.
Only one of these sentences should NOT have a comma before the word and. Which one?
  • A. The calves were small and they stayed close to their mothers.
  • B. Grandma packed hot cocoa and we drank it by the fire.
  • C. The herd walked across the frozen lake and rested by the trees.
  • D. Snow fell all night and the trail was gone by morning.
3.
Linnea wants to join these two sentences with so: The lake was frozen. We walked across it. Which sentence is correct?
  • A. The lake was frozen so, we walked across it.
  • B. The lake was frozen, so we walked across it.
  • C. The lake was, frozen so we walked across it.
  • D. The lake was frozen so we, walked across it.

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