CONJUNCTIONS

CONJUNCTIONS

Multiple Choice

Conjunctions connect words and phrases

• True

• False

​CONJUNCTIONS

A conjunction is the glue that holds words, phrases and clauses (both dependent and independent) together.

There are three different kinds of conjunctions -- coordinating, subordinating, and correlative

Multiple Choice

Which word below is NOT a CONJUNCTION?

• AND

• OR

• BUT

• AN

Multiple Choice

What kind of conjunction uses FANBOYS?

• COORDINATING

• SUBORDINATING

• CORRELATIVE

• NONE

Multiple Choice

What kind of conjunction comes in pairs?

• COORDINATING

• SUBORDINATING

• CORRELATIVE

• NONE

Multiple Choice

What kind of conjunction joins a sentence with a phrase?

• COORDINATING

• SUBORDINATING

• CORRELATIVE

• NONE

They join together words, phrases, and independent clauses. There are seven of them, and they're easy to remember if you can just think of the acronym "FANBOYS."

COORDINATING

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Introduces a dependent clause, tying it to an independent clause.

SUBORDINATING

Tag-team conjunctions. They come in pairs, and you have to use both of them in different places in a sentence to make them work.​

CORRELATIVE

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Open Ended

What do the letters in the acronym FANBOYS each mean?

Multiple Choice

Which are correlative conjunctions?

• either/or

• both/and

• neither/nor

• all of them

Multiple Choice

Which are subordinating conjunctions?

• for, and, nor

• either/or

• although, before, because

• none