Kinds of Conjunction

What does a conjunction do?

• Joins a sentence or a phrase with another sentence.

• Joins two nouns.

• Joins two verbs.

• All of these.

_____________________ ______________________ join unequals; they join something of lesser importance or something of greater importance.

• coordinating conjunctions

• subordinating conjunctions

• correlative conjunctions

________________ _________________ join equals; they are conjunctions which coordinate or join two words or groups of words of similar importance.

• coordinating conjunctions

• subordinating conjunctions

• correlative conjunctions

 ___________________ ________________________ are the multiple-word conjunctions.  These usually work in pairs or in conjunction with each other.

• coordinating conjunctions

• subordinating conjunctions

• correlative conjunctions

 ______________________ ________________________ are often referred to as AAAWWUBBIS; however, that is not an exhaustive list.

• subordinating conjunctions

• coordinating conjunctions

• correlative conjunctions

 We often refer to these conjunctions as FANBOYS or BOYSFAN.

• subordinating conjunctions

• coordinating conjunctions

• correlative conjunctions

What kind of conjunction is highlighted in the sentence below?

I don't watch scary movies because they frighten me.

• subordinating conjunctions

• coordinating conjunctions

• correlative conjunctions

 What kind of conjunction is highlighted in the sentence below?

A lot of people cheer for Seattle Seahawks, for they are bandwagon fans.

• subordinating conjunctions

• coordinating conjunctions

• correlative conjunctions

What kind of conjunction is highlighted in the sentence below? The newlyweds could not decide whether to live in her house or his apartment.

• subordinating conjunctions

• coordinating conjunctions

• correlative conjunctions

Which sentence shows an example of a correlative conjunction?

• Mrs. Nelson eats apples and carrots every day.

• Either you go, or I will.

• After the mall, I took a nap.