• You can eat your cake with a spoon or fork.

•
• My dog enjoys being bathed but hates getti
ng his nails trimmed.
•
• Bill refuses to eat peas, nor will he touch ca
rrots.
•
• I hate to waste a drop of gas, for it is very ex
pensive these days.
Would you rather have cheese _____ bologna on your sandwich?
For
Nor
Or
So
•
• His two favorite sports are football ______ tennis.
• Or
• And
• Nor
• For
•
• I wanted to go to the beach, _______ Mary refused.
• But
• Or
• So
• For
• As Sherri blew out the candles atop her birthday ca
ke, she caught her hair on fire.
•
• Sara begins to sneeze whenever she opens the win
dow to get a breath of fresh air.
•
• When the doorbell rang, my dog Skeeter barked lou
dly.
•
_________ the basement flooded, we spent all day cleaning up.

After
Although
Before
Even if

I don’t want to go to the movies ­_____________ I hate the smell of popcorn.

Although
Because
Whenever
So that

I paid Larry, ___________ garden design work is top-notch.

Whenever
Whose
After
• If
• She is both intelligent and beautiful.
•
• I will either go for a hike or stay home and watc
h TV.
•
• Jerry is neither rich nor famous.
•
• He is not only intelligent, but also very funny.
•
• Would you rather go shopping or spend the day
at the beach?
She is neither polite _______ funny.

Or
Nor
Not
• Yet
• _______ that is the case, _______ I’m not surprised
about what’s happening.
•
• If / then
• No sooner / than
• Scarcely / when
Have you made a decision about _______ to go to the movies ___
____ not?

If / then
Either / or
Whether / or
• What with / and
• _______ had I put my umbrella away, _______ it started raining.
•
• No sooner / than
• If / then
• What with / and
• Neither / nor
• What is a conjunctive adverb?
•
• Conjunctive adverbs are parts of sp
eech that are used to connect one c
lause to another. They are also used
to show sequence, contrast, cause a
nd effect, and other relationships.
• Jeremy kept talking in class; therefo
re, he got in trouble.
•
• She went into the store; however, s
he didn’t find anything she wanted t
o buy.
•
• I like you a lot; in fact, I think we sh
ould be best friends.
You need to put more effort into your work; ________________, you won’
t get a passing grade.
Moreover
Otherwise
Unless
Instead
•
• We wanted to spend the day at the beach; ______________________, i
t rained so we stayed home.
• Moreover
• Unless
• However
• Additionally
•
• She is a very smart girl; ­__________________, it’s not at all surprising th
at she gets such good grades.