Conjunctions & Interjections

What is a conjunction?
• A conjunction is a word that joins words
or groups of words in a sentence.
• The most common conjunctions are and,
but and or.
• A comma should be placed before the
conjunction in a compound sentence.
• When a conjunction is used for a
compound subject or a compound
predicate, no comma is used.
 Coordinating Conjunctions
• A coordinating conjunction is the most
common type of conjunction.
• And and or are used to form compound
subjects.
• And, but and or are used to form
compound predicates and compound
sentences.
 What do they mean?
• And is used to introduce an additional idea.
Ex. My books and pencils fell on the floor.
• But is used to introduce a contrasting idea.
Ex. I would go to the movies, but I didn’t earn any
allowance this week.
• Or is used to introduce a choice or second
possibility.
Ex. You can play basketball or football next year.
 Correlative Conjunctions
• Correlative conjunctions are a pair of
conjunctions such as either, or; neither,
nor; both, and.

Ex. Either Mary or Jan will bring snack

today.
 Subordinating Conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions join a
subordinate clause with a main clause.
• It comes at the beginning of the
subordinate clause.
• Common Subordinating Conjunctions
• after although
because before
if if only
once rather than
since so that
than that
though till
unless until
when whenever
where whereas
wherever while
 Interjections
• An interjection is a word or group of words that
expresses strong feeling.
• Common interjections:
Great
Oh
Oh, no
Wow
Well
Oops
Ouch
Yes
 Punctuating Interjections
• An interjection with very strong emotions
will be followed by an exclamation mark,
and it will stand alone either before or after
a sentence.
Ex. Oh, no! My grade was lower than I
wanted.
• An interjection with a milder feeling is a
part of the sentence and is separated by a
comma.
Ex. Oh, I wanted to go to the park instead.