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The document provides an overview of conjunctions, which are words that connect words or groups of words. It categorizes conjunctions into four types: coordinating, correlative, subordinating, and conjunctive adverbs, each with specific functions and examples. The document also emphasizes the importance of using conjunctions correctly to maintain grammatical coherence in sentences.

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Conjunctions-2

The document provides an overview of conjunctions, which are words that connect words or groups of words. It categorizes conjunctions into four types: coordinating, correlative, subordinating, and conjunctive adverbs, each with specific functions and examples. The document also emphasizes the importance of using conjunctions correctly to maintain grammatical coherence in sentences.

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CENTRO RESIDENCIAL DE OPORTUNIDADES

EDUCATIVAS DE VILLALBA

Conjunctions

PROF. MOLINA - ENGLISH CLASS


What are
CONJUNCTIONS?

Conjunctions connect words or groups of words


to each other.

There are four kinds of conjunctions...


coordinating conjunctive
conjunctions adverbs
TYPES
OF
CONJUNCTIONS

correlative subordinating
conjunctions conjunctions
COORDINATING
CONJUNCTION

Coordinating conjunctions must connect the same parts of speech—two or more


nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, phrases, or clauses.

A strong but warm breeze blew across the desert. (two adjectives: strong & warm)
Please print or type the information on the application form. (two verbs: print & type)
Her arguments were easy to ridicule yet hard to refute. (two phrases of equal
importance: “easy to ridicule” & “hard to refute”)

and, but, or, yet,


for, nor, so
COORDINATING
CONJUNCTION

Note how the two linked words in the following sentence are
not the same part of speech:

He was angry and a dwarf.

This sentence is awkward because “angry” is an adjective and


“dwarf” is a noun, thus they are incompatible.
CORRELATIVE
CONJUNCTION

Correlative conjunctions join equal elements (parts of speech or phrases).

Both Bechtel and Kaiser submitted bids on the project.


(two proper nouns: Betchel & Kaiser)

Maisha not only sent a card but also visited me in the hospital.
(two action phrases: sent a card & visited me)

 The correlative conjunctions come in pairs. They are: both...and,


just as...so, not only...but also, either...or, neither...nor, whether...or
SUBORDINATING
CONJUNCTION

Subordinating conjunctions introduce adverb clauses and signal the relationship


between the adverb clause and another clause, usually an independent clause.

An adverb clause answers the question how, when, or why.


An independent clause is group of words that can stand on its own as a complete
sentence.

In the following sentence, the subordinating conjunction when signals a time


relationship, letting us know that one event (the fire alarm going off) caused the
other (the jumping).
I jumped when the fire alarm went off.

The subordinating conjunctions are:


after, although, as, as if, because, before, if, in order that, once, since, so that, than,
though, unless, until, when, where, while
SUBORDINATING
CONJUNCTION

EXAMPLES
Once sales improve, the company will be able to pay its bills.

My grandmother began traveling after she sold her house.


CONJUNCTIVE
ADVERBS

Conjunctive adverbs connect two sentences. They explain how


the first sentence relates to the second.

They can be considered both adverbs and conjunctions because they


modify the second clause and connect the second clause to the first.

The conjunctive adverbs are:


also, however, moreover, similarly,
anyway, besides, certainly, finally, incidentally, indeed, instead,
likewise, namely, nevertheless, next, now, still, then, therefore,
thus, furthermore, meanwhile, otherwise, undoubtedly
EXAMPLES CONJUNCTIVE
ADVERBS

Conjunctive adverbs can be moved to different positions


in a clause (part of a sentence).

Independent clauses (parts of a sentence that could


stand alone as a complete sentence) connected by a
conjunctive adverb must be separated by a semicolon or
a period, not just a comma.
EXAMPLES CONJUNCTIVE
ADVERBS

The cider tasted bitter; however, each of us drank a tall glass of it.

The cider tasted bitter; each of us, however, drank a tall glass of it.

The cider tasted bitter. Each of us drank a tall glass of it, however.

The cider tasted bitter. However, each of us drank a tall glass of it.
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