Can anyone please check the grammar mistakes for me? (:
I need to write a compound sentence by using the coordinating conjunctions.
and
1) Hannah likes to play basketball, and Hannah likes to play soccer.
but 2) I like to go to school, but I don't like to wake up early.
or
3) You need to do your homework, or you won't be my friend anymore.
nor
4) He does not likes to sing, nor he does not likes to dance.
for
5) I am taking foods at home, for my sisters to eat.
so
6) I live in America, so I need to learn English to communicate with others.
yet
7) She is hungry, yet she is too lazy to go get a food.
8 Answers
1) Hannah likes to play basketball, and Hannah likes to play soccer.
Like Kiwi-Girl said, this works grammatically, but you will never hear it. Because they use the exact same subject and have similar things that are liked, it would be written/said "Hannah likes to play basketball and soccer". In situations where there are different words used for the subject and both parts are clauses that can stand on their own (independent clauses), there will be a compound sentence. (This applies to "and")
For example: "She likes to play soccer, and her name is Hannah." – This works because the subjects and verbs are different. In the first part, the subject is "she". In the second part, the subject is "her name", so a compound sentence is necessary, as both of those parts are independent clauses.
2) I like to go to school, but I don't like to wake up early.
This one works. It's grammatically correct, and it's the way most English-speakers would say it.
3) You need to do your homework, or you won't be my friend anymore.
This one works. It's grammatically correct, and it will be said/written. My only comment is, the wording is highly dissociative. It is distancing yourself from the situation, focusing more on your friend. I think most people would say "...or I won't be your friend anymore", as it does not separate you from the sentence, and focuses on you deciding to not be the friend. The action seems more definitive than if you were to write "...or you won't be my friend", which is a more passive idea.
4) He does not likes to sing, nor he does not likes to dance.
This one is close, but not quite. In English, double negatives are not considered correct. You will occasionally hear/see them, especially in colloquial speech and writing, but it is not grammatically correct in English, as the double negatives "cancel out", so you need to get rid of the "not". The best phrasing of this sentence would be "He does not like to sing, nor does he like to dance." Does, in this sentence, is an auxiliary verb which is followed by the infinitive, so "like", rather than "likes". I'm not honestly sure why the subject has to follow the "does" in the second clause, but I know it does, because it doesn't sound right the other way, unless you used a different word than "nor", such as "...like to sing, and he does not like to dance". In the first clause though, the subject should come first.
5) I am taking foods at home, for my sisters to eat.
Almost perfect, just a few comments. Food in English is almost always singular. I could probably count on one hand the number of times it is pluralized. Secondly, there is no comma in this sentence, as the for indicates the purpose of the food. Thirdly, at should not be there. The sentence should be written "I am taking food home for my sisters to eat."
6) I live in America, so I need to learn English to communicate with others.
This one is perfect.
7) She is hungry, yet she is too lazy to go get a food.
This is almost perfect. In English, we do not use the indefinite article (a) before food, as it is a group noun, and assumed to be undefined. If you are referring specific food, you would say "...to go get the food", but since you are referring to food in general, there is no need for the indefinite article.
Here's my two cents:
1) Hannah likes to play basketball and soccer.
2) I like to go to school, but I don't like to wake up early.
3) You need to do your homework or you won't be my friend anymore.
4) He does not like to sing nor does he like to dance.
5) I am buying food for my sisters to eat.
6) I live in America, so I need to learn English to communicate with others.
7) She is hungry, yet she is too lazy to go get food.
You may know but just so you're clear, for the example:
'1) Hannah likes to play basketball and soccer.' - this is not a compound sentence as the conjunction 'and' is joining two verbs instead of two independent clauses.
And because it's not a compound sentence,no comma is used before the conjunction (as correctly shown in Franco's answer) .
This one works. It's grammatically correct, and it's be the way most English-speakers would say it.
'it's be' really Maxwell? jeje
Sorry couldn't help myself, a typo for sure (smiley)
No, it doesn't have to be about Hannah. We have to make our own sentence.
( Write a compound sentence that uses the coordinating conjunction 'and.' )
Can I say like...
My name is Hannah, and I am a student.
I think I can see where the problem is:
For this sentence
Hannah likes to play basketball, and Hannah likes to play soccer.
You have the concept of a compound sentence correct, two independent clauses with a subject and a verb each. This is technically correct but the problem is that an English speaker would never say this because it's too repetitive.
We would say:
Hannah likes to play basketball and soccer.
This is not a compound sentence as the second part doesn't have a subject or a verb and 'soccer' can't stand by itself as a complete thought.
But ... if you wanted to form a compound sentence with just one subject you could say:
Hannah likes to play soccer and she likes to bake cakes.
Now you have two independent clauses that contain two complete ideas. Each clause has a subject and a verb.
Hannah likes to play soccer.
She likes to bake cakes.
My name is Rabe, and I am a student.
What about like this? is this correct?
I need to have a comma before and, but, nor, for, so, yet, I can't just say Hannah likes to play basketball and soccer. My teacher said to use a comma.
