Conjunctions

This are words that

connect other words, phrases,

or clauses in a sentence,

helping to link ideas and create

smoother, more coherent

sentences.

• Preposition

• Conjunctions

• Adverbs

What do you call these conjunctions like

'and,' 'but,' 'or,' 'so,' 'yet,' and 'for'

are used to connect equal

sentence elements, such as words,

phrases, or clauses.

• coordinating conjunctions

• subordinating conjunctions

• correlative conjunctions

What do you call these conjunctions like

'either...or,' 'neither...nor,' and

'both...and' work in pairs to connect

similar sentence.

• coordinating conjunctions

• subordinating conjunctions

• correlative conjunctions

What do you call these conjunctions like

'although,' 'because,' and 'while'

connect dependent clauses to

independent clauses.

• coordinating conjunctions

• subordinating conjunctions

• correlative conjunctions

The weather was nice yesterday .__________ , the weather forecast predicted it would rain.

• And

• So

• But

• However

The students in grade 9 worked extremely hard, _______ they passed the exam easily.

• and

• so

• but

• therefore

He is tired now __________ he couldn’t sleep well last night.

• because

• so

• although

• but

__________ May has an exam tomorrow, she still watches TV.

• Despite

• Therefore

• Although

• Because

Carlos got wet yesterday ______ he forgot to bring his umbrella.

• and

• so

• because

• although

__________her laziness, she failed the exam.

• Because

• Because of

• Though

• However