https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/5th-and-6th-grade-grammar/x90cef5375e9bcad6:sentences-clauses-and-phrases-5/x90cef5375e9bcad6:coordinating-conjunctions-and-compound-sentences-5/a/coordinating-conjunctions-5 2026-07-09T23:10:46.777477003Z Coordinating conjunctions Learn what coordinating conjunctions are and how to use them. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/parts-of-speech-the-preposition-and-the-conjunction/introduction-to-conjunctions/v/coordinating-conjunctions-final 2022-11-16T04:22:43.7414897Z Coordinating conjunctions There are only seven coordinating conjunctions in English, and they are "for", "and", "nor", "but", "or", "yet", and "so", otherwise known as the FANBOYS conjunctions. Coordinating conjunctions (along with a comma) are the only conjunctions that can connect two independent clauses. video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/HAJlkUdeJ4LGMQ6Uu0rugcAwkUlU2Omlt8h3E8KcNLL9vuN0OH1j-0RtxpCMZ8U-hUjJkXU23lxcwu70h3fXwab1 Coordinating conjunctions There are only seven coordinating conjunctions in English, and they are "for", "and", "nor", "but", "or", "yet", and "so", otherwise known as the FANBOYS conjunctions. Coordinating conjunctions (along with a comma) are the only conjunctions that can connect two independent clauses. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/imwtcmvk668.mp4/imwtcmvk668.mp4 273 Coordinating conjunctions and compound sentences https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/parts-of-speech-the-preposition-and-the-conjunction/correlative-conjunctions-and-starting-sentences/v/fanboys-a-mnemonic-song-conjunctions-parts-of-speech-khan-academy 2020-06-23T07:22:42Z BONUS: "FANBOYS," a mnemonic song "FANBOYS" is a mnemonic device you can use to help remember the coordinating conjunctions of English. Team Grammar made this video, figuring that we couldn't very well cover conjunctions without writing a song, now could we? If you're moved to make your own version, send it our way at remix@khanacademy.org; we're excited to hear what you do! video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/tsBLWlUsk_GDDrnygqVkUixAHjBW4Ih1ENopcx9sfGLqbZ2KYgTKCkqwXjQd28lPL6aXhYfg7l9usvEMUkiqk2X_ BONUS: "FANBOYS," a mnemonic song "FANBOYS" is a mnemonic device you can use to help remember the coordinating conjunctions of English. Team Grammar made this video, figuring that we couldn't very well cover conjunctions without writing a song, now could we? If you're moved to make your own version, send it our way at remix@khanacademy.org; we're excited to hear what you do! https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/RNwD4z3EVDc.mp4/RNwD4z3EVDc.mp4 174 Coordinating conjunctions and compound sentences https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/5th-and-6th-grade-grammar/x90cef5375e9bcad6:sentences-clauses-and-phrases-5/x90cef5375e9bcad6:coordinating-conjunctions-and-compound-sentences-5/a/compound-sentences-5 2026-07-13T14:40:51.386146554Z Compound sentences Learn what compound sentences are and how they are punctuated. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/syntax-sentences-and-clauses/types-of-sentences/v/simple-and-compound-sentences-syntax-khan-academy 2020-06-23T07:22:42Z Simple and compound sentences A simple sentence contains one independent clause. A compound sentence contains more than one! Put another way: a simple sentence contains a subject and a predicate, but a compound sentence contains more than one subject and more than one predicate.  video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/5YCO89_pbLbO316HxORfMxdSo30JEwBY3o7PtsfIzOE5w9QdcR6PMBPxjGRS_zYP9n96bDIZXIcbOfAF3Z1hMUsX4A Simple and compound sentences A simple sentence contains one independent clause. A compound sentence contains more than one! Put another way: a simple sentence contains a subject and a predicate, but a compound sentence contains more than one subject and more than one predicate.  https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/3DGKY3eM9PY.mp4/3DGKY3eM9PY.mp4 269 Coordinating conjunctions and compound sentences https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/5th-and-6th-grade-grammar/x90cef5375e9bcad6:sentences-clauses-and-phrases-5/x90cef5375e9bcad6:coordinating-conjunctions-and-compound-sentences-5/e/coordinating-conjunctions-and-compound-sentences-5 2026-07-09T22:30:50.91304474Z Coordinating conjunctions and compound sentences Practice using coordinating conjunctions and punctuating compound sentences. Heather M. Meston exercise