Conjunction and Interjections

What's the main purpose of coordinating conjunctions?

• Indicate a cause-effect relationship between independent and dependent clauses

• Link words, phrases, or clauses together, making sentences more fluent and complete.

• Change, modify or qualify several types of words, indicating the manner in which something is done.

Fill the empty space: He can neither speak___write in japanese.

or

• nor

• or

• and

Either/or is a ___ conjunction.

• Correlative

• Coordinating

• Subordinating

Which interjection would you use to call someone’s attention?

• Yahoo!

• Here!

• Hooray!

Complete the conjunction: Not only/…

• and

• but also

• or

Which words can be used as verbs, nouns and adverbs?

• Interjections

• Adjectives

• Conjunctions

Which one of the following definitions is the correct one for interjections?

• A word or phrase that expresses emotions

• A short word with a ! at the end

Why is the comma used in the following sentence? We finally found our lost notebooks, but Mary haven´t found her missing backpack.

• Because both clauses are independent.

• Because it is joining an independent and dependent clause.

• Because both clauses are dependent.

Which of the following are pairs of conjunctions?

• Subordinating

• Coordinating

• Correlative

Which of the following it’s an irritative interjection?

• Aw!

• Oy!

• Aha!