CONJUNCTIONS

CONJUNCTION

• A CONJUNCTION connects individual words or group of words.

• EXAMPLE:

A puffer fish is short and fat. (The conjunction and connects the
word short to the word fat.)
 KINDS OF CONJUNCTIONS

• COORDINATING: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• CORRELATIVE: either, or; neither, nor; not only, but also;
both, and; whether, or; just, as; just, so; as, so
• SUBORDINATING: after, although, as, as if, as long as, as
though, because, before, if, in order that, provided that, since, so,
so that, that, though, till, unless, until, when, where, whereas,
while
 COORDINATING CONJUNCTION

• Connects a word to a word, to phrase to a

phrase, or a clause to a clause. The words,
phrases, or clauses joined by a coordinating
conjunction must be equal or of the same
type.
 COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

• EXAMPLES by ERNEST HEMINGWAY

-When we came back to Paris, it was clear and cold
and lovely. (The conjunction and connects equal adjectives.)
-I would sit in front of the fire and squeeze the peel
of the little oranges into the edge of the flame and watch
the sputter of blue that they made. (And connects equal
phrases, each one part of the compound predicate.)
-I always worked until I had something done, and I
always stopped when I knew what was going to happen next.
 CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS

• Coordinate conjunctions used in pairs.

(either, or; neither, nor; not only, but also;
both, and; whether, or; just, as; just, so; as,
so)
 CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS

• EXAMPLES:
-Neither Rey nor James ever went hunting. (Neither,
nor connect Rey and James. Remember that neither, nor
takes a singular verb when subject themselves are singular.)
-The store delivers not only my boots but also my
jacket. (not only, but also connect my boots and my jacket.)
-She led the team not only in statistics, but also by
virtue of her enthusiasm.
 SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

• Is a word or group of words that connect, and

show the relationship between, two clauses which
are not equally important. A subordinating
conjunction connects a dependent clause to an
independent clause in order to complete the
meaning of the dependent clause.
 SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

• EXAMPLES:
-A brown trout will study the bait before he eats it.
(The clause before he eats it is dependent. It depends on the
rest of the sentences to complete its meaning.)
-After you buy a license, you should get training
(After connects the subordinate clause, you buy a license to
the main clause, you should get training)
-Unless you are sensible, you will get hurt.
 ORAL RECITATION

IDENTIFY THE UNDERLINED WORDS AS

COORDINATING, SUBORDINATING, OR
CORRELATIVE CONJUNTIONS. TELL WHETHER THEY
CONNECT WORDS, PHRASES, OR CLAUSES.
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1. Debate and dispute are important to good

discussion.

ANSWER: Coordinating -Words

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2. Before I read his story, I knew little about him.

ANSWER: Subordinating - Clauses

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3. The husband and wife brought the biography

ANSWER: Coordinating - Words

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4. Although it cost three dollars, it was well worth it.

ANSWER: Subordinating - Clause

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5. Though he was a poor poet, he was a great

novelist.

ANSWER: Subordinating - Clause