This document discusses conjunctions and provides examples of how they are used to join words, phrases, and sentences. It defines coordinating conjunctions as words that join elements that are the same, such as "for", "and", "nor", "but", "or", "yet", and "so". The document provides the meanings of these conjunctions and examples of sentences containing conjunctions for the reader to identify the conjunctions.
4. Joining two or more phrases:
My doctor can choose to
measure my height, my weight,
or check my temperature.
5. Joining two or more sentences:
Eric wants to play basketball.
Annie wants to play soccer.
Eric wants to play basketball but
Annie wants to play soccer.