Coordinating conjunctions

Grade 5 Conjunctions Worksheet

Coordinating conjunctions
combine two independent
Combine the two sentences into one clauses using a comma.
sentence by adding a coordinating
conjunction and a comma. for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

1. I have to stay here. I really don’t want to.

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2. We bought the bread. We forgot to buy any drinks for the picnic.

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3. Pam is always laughing. She finds everything hilarious.

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4. The worker lives two minutes from the hotel. She always walks to work.

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5. Tony plans to move to California. He will attend college there.

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6. The boys lost the game. They all had a really great time.

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7. It is time to go to school. We are about to miss the bus.

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8. I wanted to see the painting. I never went to the museum.

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Coordinating conjunctions
Grade 5 Conjunctions Worksheet

Answers
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1. I have to stay here. I really don’t want to.

I have to stay here, but I really don’t want to.

2. We bought the bread. We forgot to buy any drinks for the picnic.
We bought the bread, yet we forgot to buy any drinks for the picnic.

3. Pam is always laughing. She finds everything hilarious.

Pam is always laughing, for she finds everything hilarious.

4. The worker lives two minutes from the hotel. She always walks to work.
The worker lives two minutes from the hotel, so she always walks to
work.

5. Tony plans to move to California. He will attend college there.

Tony plans to move to California, and he will attend college there.

6. The boys lost the game. They all had a really great time.
The boys lost the game, but they all had a really great time.

7. It is time to go to school. We are about to miss the bus.

It is time to go to school, and we are about to miss the bus.

8. I wanted to see the painting. I never went to the museum.

I wanted to see the painting, yet I never went to the museum.

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