1. Conjunctions
‘AND’, ‘OR’, ‘BUT’
By Eric Hoopengardner

2. Vocabulary List
• Conjoin- To join together; unite; combine;
associate. (click mouse now)
• Similar- Having a likeness or
resemblance, especially in a general way. (click
mouse now)
• Passenger cars – A railcar where passengers
ride. (click mouse now)

3. Conjunctions! What Are They.
• A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects (conjoins) parts of
a sentence.
– They can join:
– Words
– Phrases
– Sentence parts
• Think of a conjunction as if it were a train. The engine and
passenger cars connect to form a train.
• There are 3 types of conjunctions
– Coordinating
– Subordinating
– Correlative

4. Coordinating Conjunctions
• For our lesson today we will be focusing on
coordinating conjunctions, specifically, (AND) (OR)
(BUT).
• Coordinating conjunctions may join single words, or
they may join groups of words, but they must always
join similar elements.

5. Conjunction (And)
• The conjunction ‘And’ is used to join two
similar ideas together.
– For example Kait likes apples and peaches.
• Notice how the conjunction ‘and’ is joining the two
nouns apples and peaches.

6. Conjunction (And)
• ‘And’ can also be used to join 2 sentences.
– For example:
• Kait’s dog is big.
• Kait’s dog is furry.
– Kait’s dog is the subject of both sentences, and both big and
furry are both adjectives describing the dog.
• Kait’s dog is big and furry. We insert the conjunction
‘and’ we have now formed a new sentence.

7. Practice
• Take the two sentences below can we conjoin them?
– The sun is big.
– The sun is bright.
• We can because we have the same subject in each sentence.
• We also have two adjectives big and bright describing the sun.
• So we can insert the conjunction ‘and’ and form the new
sentence The sun is big and bright.
• So yes we can conjoin then by using ‘and’

8. Conjunction (or)
• The conjunction ‘or’ can be used to suggest that you
have a choice between one thing or the other.
– For example: You may either have a pizza or burger’s for
lunch.
– Notice how we can only have a pizza or a burger for
lunch. It is one or the other.

9. Conjunction (but)
• The conjunction ‘but’ is used to join two different
ideas together.
– For example Carlos wanted to watch TV but he didn’t
finish his homework.
• We know Carlos wants to watch TV however he
cannot because he didn’t finish his homework.

10. Conjunction Junction
• Now let us watch a short video on
conjunctions and see how they are used in
English.
• Conjunction

11. Lets practice
• Lets practice putting the conjunctions ‘or’ ‘but’ ‘and’ into the
following sentences.
1. The Titanic hit an iceberg ____ sank.
2. You may only have French fries _____ apple sauce.
3. The light burnt out _____ Max had a spare.
4. The planet Saturn has rings ______ many moons.
5. The class must decide between going to the
library ____ museum.
6. We wanted to play soccer ____ the ball was flat.

12. Lets practice
• Lets practice putting the conjunctions ‘or’ ‘but’ ‘and’ into the
following sentences.
1. The Titanic hit an iceberg ____ sank.
AND
OR
2. You may only have French fries _____ apple sauce.
3. The light burnt out _____ Max had a spare.
BUT
4. The planet Saturn has rings ______ many moons.
AND
5. The class must decide between going to the
library ____ museum.
OR
6. We wanted to play soccer ____ the ball was flat.
BUT

13. Review
• A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects
(conjoins) parts of a sentence.
• Coordinating conjunctions may join single
words, or they may join groups of words, but they
must always join similar elements.
• ‘AND’ is used to join two similar ideas together.
• ‘OR’ can be used to suggest that you have a
choice one thing or the other.
• ‘BUT’ is used to join two different ideas together.

14. Sources Used
• http://newton.uor.edu/facultyfolder/rider/con
junctions.htm
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/c
onjunctions.htm