Subordinating Conjunctions

The seven coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

They join words, phrases, and clauses together. Since they serve such an important role, it may not come as a surprise that there are three distinct types of conjunctions used in sentences: coordinating, subordinating and correlative.

Conjunction is a word that joins words, phrases, clauses or sentence. e.g. but, and, yet, or, because, nor, although, since, unless, while, where etc. Examples: She bought a shirt and a book.

The most common coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so; you can remember them by using the mnemonic device FANBOYS. I’d like pizza or a salad for lunch.

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• Just as, Though, Wherever, While, However, Because, Even if, So that, Even though, Whereas.
• Wala namang conjunction dyan eh conjunctive yan.
• Conjunction are for, and , not , but , or , yet , etc.
• san po ung totoong sagot?

Summary. Now you know the four types of conjunctions (coordinating, correlative, subordinate, and adverbial), and the punctuation that those conjunctions take.

(B) Two independent clauses joined by a conjunctive adverb are separated by a semicolon. However, the writer still needs to insert a comma after the conjunctive adverb….

A Conjunction is a word that joins parts of a sentence, phrases or other words together. Conjunctions are used as single words or in pairs. Example: and, but, or are used by themselves, whereas, neither/nor, either/or are conjunction pairs.

Broadly speaking, conjunctions and connectors describe the relationship between two statements. Conjunctions grammatically join two clauses (independent or dependent, depending on the conjunction) so that it reads as one sentence. Connectors are used between two separate sentences.

Correlative conjunctions include pairs such as “both/and,” “either/or,” “neither/nor,” “not/but” and “not only/but also.” For example: either/or – I want either the cheesecake or the chocolate cake. both/and – We’ll have both the cheesecake and the chocolate cake.

Have students write down all the words they can think of that are conjunctions. Remove duplicates, give them some example sentences using a different conjunction, and ask for more. You can also add a new conjunction into the sentence and let the kids pick it out. Then create a wall with all the suggestions.

This is the opposite of what is done with coordinating conjunctions, or words that join two independent clauses (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and sometimes so). When a subordinate clause begins a sentence, however, the whole clause (but not the subordinating conjunction itself) is followed by a comma.

Five fun activities for teaching connectives: Circle the correct ones, and explain the wrong ones. This way they can build up their own collection of words, and it will reinforce their understanding. Connective List: Let children choose one from a list and come up with a sentence that uses the word.

Time connectives are words that join phrases or sentences together to help us understand when something is happening. Words such as before, after, next, just then, shortly, afterwards, last, eventually, firstly, secondly, and thirdly, are all-time connectives.

A connective is a word that joins one part of a text to another. Connectives can be conjunctions, prepositions or adverbs.

Connectives are words or phrases that link sentences (or clauses) together. Connectives can be conjunctions (‘when, but, because’) prepositions or adverbs, and we use them constantly in written and spoken English.

A connective is a word or phrase that links clauses or sentences. Connectives can be conjunctions (eg but, when, because) or connecting adverbs (eg however, then, therefore).

Examples of linking words and phrases

Words which connect words, phrases, clauses or sentences are called conjunctions (see “to conjoin” = join, unite). The most common ones are ‘and’, ‘or’ and ‘but’. These words all have different nuances and connotations but they all help to build up meaningful relationships within a sentence.