Sentences Joining Two Simple Sentences with Conjunctions: after, before, if, ‘once, since, until, because, unless, when, whenever, while, and where There are many conjunctions that can be used to join two simple sentences. You do not need to put a comma before these conjunctions that are listed above. Use a conjunction from this page to join the two simple sentences. Underline the conjunction. ‘A comma is not needed. There may be more than one conjunction that makes sense in each sentence. Try to use a variety of conjunctions in the sentences 1-9. 1. | will eat dessert. leat my dinner. | will eat dessert after | eat my dinner. 2. The dinosaur bone was discovered. The paleontologist looked in the cave. 3. Mother took the clothes off the line. It started to rain. 4. The dentist filled my cavity. __| went to my dentist appointment. 5. My bedtime is earlier than my brother's. He is older than | am. 6. The dog was happy with one bone. It was still hungry. 7. Grandmother spoke on the phone. She knitted a blanket. 8. My little sister picks up seashells. She walks along a beach. 9. The television show was interesting. It talked about new inventions. © Sue Peterson 2015 www.kSlearning.com 15Sentences Joining Two Simple Sentences with Conjunctions: after, before, if, once, since, until, because, unless, when, whenever, while, and where There are many conjunctions that can be used to join two simple sentences. You do not need to put a comma before these conjunctions that are listed above. Examples: John played soccer after he walked his dog. John played soccer before he walked his dog. In the first sentence John walks the dog first. In the second sentence John plays soccer first. My father called me on the phone if | was home alone. My father called me on the phone since I was home alone. In the first sentence the reader learns that the father calls when the person is home alone. This can happen many times and it infers that it happened in the past and it will happen in the future. In the second sentence the father called one time because the person was home alone. The sentence refers to one time. Mother made mashed potatoes whenever she baked the turkey. Mother made mashed potatoes while she baked the turkey. In the first sentence we are told that if Mother bakes a turkey that she also makes mashed potatoes. This could be many times. In the second sentence we are told that Mother made the potatoes at the same time she baked the turkey, but we don’t when this happened. Write a sentence using a conjunction from the list above. Then write the same sentence using a different conjunction that changes the meaning of the sentence. Explain the meaning of both sentences. Sentence 1: Sentence 2: Explanation of how these sentences mean something different when you use a different conjunction: © Sue Peterson 2015 www:kSlearning.com 16