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Unit 6 CONJUCTION

Unit 6 CONJUCTION. It is a joiner, a word that connects (conjoins) parts of a sentence (words, phrases, and clauses). Coordinating Conjunction. It joins individual words, phrases, and independent clauses. It joins sentences part of equal grammatical status )

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Unit 6 CONJUCTION

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  1. Unit 6 CONJUCTION It is a joiner, a word that connects (conjoins) parts of a sentence (words, phrases, and clauses)

  2. Coordinating Conjunction • It joins individual words, phrases, and independent clauses. It joins sentences part of equal grammatical status) • Forms: Six MOST COMMON coordinating conjunctionsFor, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet (FANBOY) (nor, for, and so only join INDEPENDENT CLAUSE) • Examples: 1. I ate the pizza and the pasta (words) 2. What is your hobby? Playing soccer or collecting stamps (phrases) 3. The wedding party is extravagant but the meal is awful (independent)

  3. Sub coordinating Conjunction • It introduces a dependent clause and indicates the nature of the relationship among independent clause and dependent clause. It connects clauses of unequal status. • Forms: after, although, as, because, before, how, if, once, since, than, that, though, till, when, where, whatever, and while • Examples: 1. After the students finish their homework, they can leave the class. 2. Hady passed the test with flying color because he studied hard last night.

  4. Correlative Conjunction • It appears in pair; links equivalent sentence elements • Forms: both…and, either…or, neither…nor…, not only… but also • Examples: 1. Both my sister and my brother are students 2. We can study either math or English 3. I not only lost his phone number, but also forgot where he lived

  5. Exercises(so, so that, although, when, since) • I need an office to myself ______ I can get some work done. • Write it down _____ you don’t forget it. • I need to get work early ____ I can finish the report before the meeting. • I’ll tell her ____ I see her • ____ you left, the atmosphere in that office has not been as nice. • He was the best qualified candidate, he didn’t get the job

  6. 7. He is learning English ___ he can get a better and more interesting job. 8. ____you think of all the people who could have got the job, it seems ridiculous that he was chosen. 9. I’m going to buy a new Beetle, ____ I do think that they are over-priced. 10._____ you’re next in Chicago, give me a call 11._____ you already know Mary, you should go to meet her at the airport.

  7. 12._____we would like to open a branch in Oxford now, we will probably wait for another year or so. 13.The job is badly paid ____I’m looking for another one. 14.I hate living in London ____I’m moving to the country. 15.I don’t know him very well, ____I have met him socially on a couple of occasions. 16._____we have so much to do, let’s delay discussing this until our next meeting.

  8. 17.We’re not making much profit ____we need to raise our prices. 18.The exercise was boring _____ I stopped NOW, Please Do these following exercise in your group and Let’s discuss it afterward.

  9. Group Assignment for Tuesday, 6 November 2007 Please select one of the topics below and you have to: • find the articles that discuss on that topic and quote the site you visit • compare that things (it can be advantages/ disadvantages, features/ specification) • DO IT IN GROUP (don’t depend on one member)  GROUP of today’s (4 or 3 students)

  10. Selected Topics: • Desktop Computer vs Laptop/ Notebook • Digital Camera vs Conventional Camera • CD vs DVD • Removable Disk vs 3.5 inch Floppy Disk • Microsoft vs Macintosh • LAN vs WAN • Infrared vs Bluetooth • Dial Up vs Broadband • Polyphonics vs Monophonic • Software vs Hardware

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