Conjunctions

1. CONJUNCTION

2. CONJUNCTIONS: are words that link words,
phrases or clauses, sentences, and even nouns, verbs,
adjectives and adverbs.
Below are sentences with conjunctions:
Bob and Dan are friends.
He will drive or fly.
It is early but we can go
I was tired so I went to sleep.

3. USES of CONJUNCTIONS
Conjunctions joining words:
I have a car and a house.
Conjunctions joining phrases:
The fisherman is happy walking along the beach and carrying a bucket
full of fish.
Conjunctions joining sentences:
¨ He walked to his car. He got into it..
He walked to his car and got into it.
¨ Will you have tea? Will you have coffee?
Will you have tea or coffee?
¨ She is tired. She cannot sleep.
She is tired but she cannot sleep.
Conjunctions can join nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
I have a pen and a book. (Joining two nouns)
He joked and we laughed. (Joining two verbs)
She is beautiful and tall. (Joining two adjectives)
He eats quickly and noisily. (Joining two adverbs)

4. TYPES OF CONJUNCTIONS
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS - may join single words, or they may join
groups of words, but they must always join similar elements:
e.g. subject+subject,
verb phrase+verb phrase,
sentence+sentence.
When a coordinating conjunction is used to join elements, the
element becomes a compound element. An easy way to
remember these six conjunctions is to think of the word
F A N B O Y S = for and nor but or yet so

5. USING COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS:
Remember! when using a conjunction to
join two sentences, use a comma before the
conjunction.

6. CORRELATIVE - are always used in pairs. They join similar
elements. When joining singular and plural subjects, the
subject closest to the verb determines whether the verb is
singular or plural.

7. SUBORDINATING- are most important in creating subordinating clauses.
These adverbs that act like conjunctions are placed at the front of the
clause. The adverbial clause can come either before or after the main clause.
Subordinators are usually a single word, but there are also a number of
multi-word subordinators that function like a single subordinating
conjunction. They can be classified according to their use in regard to time,
cause and effect, opposition, or condition.

8. SUBORDINATING…
Remember! put a comma at the end of the adverbial phrase when it
precedes the main clause.