CONJUNCTION

CONJUNCTION – A
conjunction is a part of
speech that joins words,
phrases, clauses and
sentences.
Example:
David likes apples and
oranges for an
afternoon snack.
Rachel failed her exam
but she still passed her
course.
4 TYPES OF
CONJUNCTIONS
1. COORDINATING
CONJUNCTION
Examples:
a. Luis and Dave kicked
the football in the
backyard during the
holidays.
b. David likes
designing cupboards
and building
cupboards during his
spare time on the
weekends.
c. Jenny cooked our
favorite meal for dinner
 but it turned out to be a
disaster.
- It connects sentence
elements with the same
grammatical value;
such as: words with
words; phrases with
phrases; clauses with
clauses and sentences
with sentences.
- There are seven
common coordinating
conjunctions: and, but,
for, or, nor, yet and so.
2. SUBORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS
Examples:
a. The farmer milked
the cows before going
to town.
b. Dad cannot go to
work today because of
his injury to his arms.
c. The shop-keeper will
put the money in the
bank when it opens on
Monday.
- It connects two clauses
of unequal value; that
 is, they connect
dependent clauses and
independent clauses.
- There are many
subordinating
conjunctions but the
most common are:
after, although, as, as
if, as though, because,
before, how, if, since,
so that, than, though,
till, until, unless, when,
where, whether and
while.
3. CORRELATIVE
CONJUNCTIONS
Examples:
a. David is both wise
and innovative.
b. The referee gave the
player not only a
warning but also a
yellow card.
c. The mechanic had
neither the experience
nor the skill to fix the
gearbox in the muscle
car.
- It connects pairs to
show comparative or
contrasting
relationship of words
or ideas or ideas in
English sentences.