1. LINKING WORDS
AND
BUT
BECAUSE

2. Look at the
following sentences
and see how they
are connected

3. Positive Positive
I study English I have class
everyday
I study English AND I have class
everyday
AND is used to join two or more ideas
that are related.

4. Positive Negative
I am married I don’t have children
I am married BUT I don’t have children
BUT is used to join a positive and a
negative sentence or two
contrasting ideas.

5. What you do Why you do it
I study English I need it for my job
I study English BECAUSE I need it for
my job
BECAUSE is used to give the reason why
you do something

6. Now is your turn!!!!
Complete the following
sentences using
and, but , because.
Take notes of your answers in your
English notebook

7. a. At weekend I go to the cinema _____to
the disco
b. I don’t like coffee _______ I like tea.
c. They don’t go to the cinema often ___
they watch a lot of videos at home
d. We need to buy a new laptop __________
the old one is not working
e. I visited my grandmother ________ gave
her flowers

8. LET’S CHECK YOUR
ANSWERS….
ARE YOU READY??

9. a. At weekend I go to the cinema and to the
disco
b. I don’t like coffee but I ike tea.
c. They don’t go to the cinema often but they
watch a lot of videos at home
d. We need to buy a new laptop because the
old one is not working
e. I visited my grandmother and gave her
flowers

10. Now, help me complete
this text about my
childhood memories by
writing
AND, BUT, BECAUSE

11. When I was a little girl my aunt gave me a bike
1.____ a doll as her Christmas presents. I really
wanted a bike 2.____all my friends had one 3. ____ I
didn’t. That was the happiest Christmas I
remember!!!!
One day, there was a fat woman who came to my
house to visit my grandma 4.___ she said: What a
beautiful bike!! Can I use it? When I said
NOOOOO, she was already using my it. Obviously
she broke it 5.___ she was so heavy. That was the
saddest day I remember 6.____ I just have to
continue playing with my doll 7.____ my aunt didn’t
buy a new one for me.

12. LET’S SEE THE COMPLETE
TEXT AND CHECK YOUR
ANSWERS

13. When I was a little girl my aunt gave me a bike
1._and a doll as her Christmas presents. I really
wanted a bike 2. because all my friends had one 3.
but I didn’t. That was the happiest Christmas I
remember!!!!
One day, there was a fat woman who came to my
house to visit my grandma 4. and she said: What a
beautiful bike!! Can I use it? When I said
NOOOOO, she was already using it. Obviously she
broke it 5. because she was so heavy. That was the
saddest day I remember 6. and I just had to
continue playing with my doll 7. because my aunt
didn’t buy a new one for me.