PARTS OF SPEECH

CONTENT WORDS FUNCTION WORDS

NOUNS PRONOUNS
VERBS CONJUNCTIONS
ADJECTIVES PREPOSITIONS
ADVERBS AUXILIARIES
ARTICLES
CONJUNCTIONS
 DEFINITION

A conjunction is the part of speech that serves to

link words, phrases, or sentences.

Examples: and, but, or, nor, yet, so, after,

although, as, because, before, if, since, though,
till, until, when, where, whether, while
A conjunction may indicate
Addition: and, moreover, besides, also

Alternative: or

Cause: because, as, since

Conclusion: so, therefore, thus, then

Condition: if, whether, unless

Contrast: but, although, though, however

Finality: to

Place: where, wherever

Time: before, after, yet, since, until, when, while, till,

 COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
A coordinating conjunction is a word which joins
together
two words
two clauses which are both equally important
Examples:
I live in BH, and I study at PUC.
John is Canadian, but Sally is English.
Sue was sick, so she went to the doctor.
I could cook something, or we could order a pizza.
 SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
A subordinating conjunction is a word which joins
together a dependent clause and an
independent clause.

Examples:
I lost my job because I was often late.
He was wearing a coat although it was hot.
Unless you go now, you will miss the bus.
 CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS
Some conjunctions combine with other words to
form what are called correlative conjunctions.
They always travel in pairs, joining various
sentence elements that should be treated as
grammatically equal.
Examples:
Either you or Joe will stay here.
Both, Mary and Peter, are American.
She can speak neither English nor French.