Conjunctions

Lesson of today

Conjunctions

Why do we use it?

its function is not only to link ideas, it is a conditional both to express itself orally or written with complex ideas or sequences of ideas or actions avoiding cutting the communication in multiple phrases.

Let’s see if you got it

Robert Plant washes his face _________ brushes his teeth everyday.

the answer is?

But

And

Look at this!

without conjunctions.

I like cooking. I like eating. I don’t like washing dishes afterward.

with conjunctions.

I like cooking and eating, but I don’t like washing dishes afterward.

That brings us to three groups.

Coordinating Conjunctions

Coordinating conjunctions allow you to join words, phrases, and clauses of equal grammatical rank in a sentence. The most common coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so; you can remember them by using this: FANBOYS.

Let’s see if you understand.

place the conjunctions to this text

I’d like pizza for lunch. I’d like salad for lunch. We needed a place to concentrate, we packed up our things. we went to the library. Jesse didn’t have much money, she got by.

Grammar fact: Notice the use of the comma when a coordinating conjunction is joining two independent clauses.

Let’s see if you understand.

place the conjunctions to this text

I’d like pizza for lunch. I’d like salad for lunch. We needed a place to concentrate, we packed up our things. we went to the library. Jesse didn’t have much money, she got by.

Grammar fact: Notice the use of the comma when a coordinating conjunction is joining two independent clauses.

Next would be to talk about:

Correlative Conjunctions

Correlative conjunctions are pairs of conjunctions that work together. Some examples are either/or, neither/nor, and not only/but also.

Let’s see if they’re really following me.

last but not least:

Subordinating Conjunctions

Subordinating conjunctions join independent and dependent clauses. Common subordinating conjunctions are because, since, as, although, though, while, and whereas. Sometimes an adverb, such as until, after, or before can function as a conjunction.

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