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Conjunctions

Connecting/Joining words in the sentences. In grammar, a conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses that are called the conjuncts of the conjunctions.

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Conjunctions

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  1. Capital University of Science & TechnologyProject Presentation English 1 Presented To: Sir MaqsoodAlam Group members FaizanMahmood (BME183101) BilawalKhan (BME183122) UsamaFarooq (BME183126) IshtiaqHussain (BME183114)

  2. Parts of speech • Noun • Pronoun • Verb • Adverb • Adjective • Preposition • Conjunction OUR TOPIC • Interjection

  3. Conjunctions “Conjunction is a word or words which joins/connects together sentences ,and sometimes words.” Examples: • Ali and Ahmad are brothers. • He tried hard, but failed in the exam. • He was running because he was scared.

  4. They are also use to make sentences more compact i.e. to contract. Like: He is slow, but he is accurate. OR He is slow, but accurate.

  5. Types of conjunctions • Coordinating conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions • Correlative conjunctions • Compound conjunctions

  6. Coordinating conjunctions “ A coordinating conjunction joins together two independent clauses .” They mainly are : for, but, and, nor, or, yet ,also … and comes between the clauses with a comma ( , ) Examples: • I drank some water, for I was thirsty. • Sun rises from the east and sets in the west. • I ran fast, yet I came last.

  7. Easy to remember FANBOYS • F = for • A = and • N = nor • B = but • O = or • Y = yet • S = so

  8. Subordination conjunctions “ A subordinating conjunction joins a main clause to a subordinating( dependent ) clause .” They are after, because, if , that, before , when , where….. and can come any where in the sentence. Examples: • You will pass if you work hard. • Bob is absent because he is ill. • I waited for my friend until he came. • Since we had done our work, we decided to play.

  9. THAN is also a subordinating conjunction i.e. • I like you better than ( I like ) him. • his bark is worse than his bite ( is bad ). • He is taller than I ( am tall ).

  10. Correlative conjunctions “ Conjunctions which are used in pairs are known to be correlative conjunction .” Like either…or, neither….nor, whether…or • Either take it or leave it. • Whether you are going with us or going home. • Though he is suffering, yet he does not complain.

  11. Compound conjunctions “ Compound expressions, a phrase or a group of words which are used as conjunctions are known as compound conjunctions.” Like • He walks as though he is very lame. • He looks as if he wants to kill me. • We stayed awake so that we could finish work.

  12. Our suggestion

  13. Your Questions????? “ You can ask anything but I don’t know everything.” -MaqsoodAlam

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