3. • A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects
parts of a sentence.
Examples
1. I like chicken but not fish.
2. Jai saw a dog on the road and decided to
adopt the dog, so he brought the dog home.
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4. There are three basic types of conjunctions.
Coordinating Conjunctions used to connect two
independent clauses
Subordinating Conjunctions used to connect the
dependent clause and the rest of the sentence and
Correlative Conjunctions which always travel in
pairs, and join sentence parts that should be
treated as equal.
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5. COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
• Coordinating conjunctions may join single words, or
they may join groups of words,
Coordinating Conjunctions
and
but
or
yet
for
nor
so
Examples:1. Chris does not want tea or coffee.
2. I scored 60% in the exams but Anita scored 7% more than
me this year.
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6. EASY REMINDER
• An easy way to remember these six conjunctions is to
think of the word FANBOYS. Each of the letters in
this somewhat unlikely word is the first letter of one
of the coordinating conjunctions.
• Among the coordinating conjunctions, the most
common, of course, are AND, BUT and OR.
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7. SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
•A subordinating conjunction is a word which joins together a dependent clause
and an independent clause.
Subordinating Conjunctions
AS
SINCE
SO
BECAUSE
ALTHOUGH
THOUGH
WHEREAS
WHILE
AFTER
Examples:1.
2.
He was fond of playing basketball because it was his father’s favorite
game.
Since they had misbehaved, the boys were given one week suspensions
from school.
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8. CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS
• Some conjunctions
combine with other
words to form what are
called correlative
conjunctions. They
always travel in pairs,
joining sentence parts
that should be treated as
equal.
Common Correlative
Conjunctions:
both . . . and
not only . . . but also
not . . . but
either . . . or
neither . . . nor
whether . . . or
as . . . as
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9. Examples of Correlative Conjunctions
1. They should either change their strategy or just
forfeit the game.
2. He neither helps around the house nor does he
look for a job.
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10. Exercise
Jack
Jill went up the hill
You could try
swimming
bicycle
riding. Both of these exercises will be gentler
on your knees
A lion can’t run
fast
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a cheetah
11. Exercise
Both Jack and Jill went up the hill
You could try either swimming or bicycle
riding. Both of these exercises will be gentler
on your knees
A lion can’t run as fast as a cheetah
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12. Exercise
1)
it was raining,
I took my umbrella.”
2)“A teacher is good ______
she inspires her students”
3)“______ we were in Paris, it snowed”
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13. Exercise
1) Because it was raining,
I took my umbrella.”
2)“A teacher is good when she inspires her
students”
3)“While we were in Paris, it snowed”
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14. Exercise
1) The bowl of squid eyeball stew is hot ____ delicious
2)John plays basketball well, ____ his favorite sport is
badminton.
.
.
3) She is kind __ she helps people
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15. Exercise
1) The bowl of squid eyeball stew is hot and delicious
2)John plays basketball well, yet his favorite sport is
badminton.
.
.
3) She is kind so she helps people
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