Semicolons: Using Conjunctive Adverbs #1

Practice combining simple sentences with transition words and semicolons in this invaluable grammar worksheet! First, students will read a brief introduction that tells about conjunctive adverbs. Then, they’ll read and combine each of eight pairs of short sentences using a semicolon and the appropriate conjunctive adverb from the word bank. 

Designed for middle school, this worksheet is a perfect resource for helping students understand how semicolons and conjunctive adverbs connect independent clauses to create cohesive, advanced sentence structures. This knowledge can give students confidence as they start to construct these more complex sentences in their own writing.