Conjunctions and its Types

Conjunctions are words that:

• link words, phrases, and clauses together

• link words with their meanings

• link two topics together

• link words and pictures together

There are ______ different types of Conjunctions.

• Three (3)

• Four (4)

• Two (2)

• Five (5)

The (a)   joins words, phrases, and clauses of equal grammatical rank in a sentence.

____________________ are pairs of conjunctions that work together.

• Subordinate Conjunctions

• Inordinate Conjunctions

• Correlative Conjunctions

• Relative Conjunctions

Subordinating Conjunctions join:

• Dependent and Independent Clauses

• Two Dependent Clauses

• Two Independent Clauses

• Subject and Predicate

Examples of Coordinating Conjunctions are:

• both/and, either/or, neither/nor, not only/but, whether/or

• after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as

• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• when, whenever, where, whereas, wherever, whether

Examples of Subordinating Conjunctions are:

• both/and, either/or, neither/nor, not only/but, whether/or

• after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as

• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• when, whenever, where, whereas, wherever, whether

Examples of Correlative Conjunctions are:

• both/and, either/or, neither/nor, not only/but, whether/or

• after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as

• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• when, whenever, where, whereas, wherever, whether

Write the full-form of the acronym FANBOYS.