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Conjunctions

Conjunctions. What does a conjunction do?. Marcia likes soup, curry and vegetables. : I was going to fire you , but I decided to give you a second chance instead . The conjunction and connects the three words – soup, curry, vegetables .

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Conjunctions

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  1. Conjunctions

  2. What does a conjunction do? • Marcia likes soup, curry and vegetables. • : I was going to fire you, butI decided to give you a second chance instead. • The conjunction and connects the three words – soup, curry, vegetables. • The conjunction but connects the underlined phrases

  3. What does a conjunction do? • A conjunction links words in a sentence.

  4. Three kinds of conjunctions • Coordinating • Correlative • Subordinating • I can meet your there or you can pick me up. • They had both problem students and inadequate resources. • As soon as you meet the requirements, you will be interviewed.

  5. Coordinating conjunctions • A coordinating conjunction joins words or groups of words that performs similar functions in a sentence. Marcia likes soup, curry and vegetables. The conjunction and connects the three words – soup, curry, vegetables.

  6. Coordinating conjunctions

  7. Correlative conjunction • A correlative conjunction consists of two or more words that work together as a set. Correlative conjunctions also connect words that perform similar functions in a sentence.

  8. Correlative conjunctions

  9. Examples • They had both problem students and inadequate resources. • Not only was I hungry, but I was also very tired. • Both … and connects problem students and inadequate resources. • Not only, but, also connects hungry and tired.)

  10. Subordinating conjunctions • A subordinating conjunction is used to connect a dependent clause and an independent clause.

  11. Subordinating conjunctions in use We are unhappy whenever we get power outages. independent clause sub. conj dependent clause Alec is one year older than Aria. independent clause sub.Conj. Dep.clause Please visit me before you leave Guyana. Independent clause sub. Conj. dependent clause As soon as you meet the requirements, you will be interviewed Sub. Conj dep. clause Independent clause

  12. What did you notice? Independent clause Dependent clause A dependent clause does not express a complete thought. • An independent clause expresses a complete idea.

  13. Subordinating conjunctions

  14. Conjunction or Preposition? • A conjunction is not followed by an object; whereas, a preposition is followed by an object. I completed the paper before the deadline. (The deadline is the object of thepreposition.) BeforeI leave, I need to collect that book. (Before is not followed by a conj. object.)

  15. Conjunction or Preposition? • Aconjunction connects words; whereas, a preposition introduces a prepositional phrase. I went home after class. (After introduces the prepositional phrase after classes.) I met him after I left the class. (After connects two underlined groups of words.)

  16. Conjunctive adverb Tom went to get an x-ray; however, his problem was not identified. (The underlined word is a conjunctive adverb.) Tom went to get an x-ray, but his problem was not identified. (The underlined word is a coordinating conjunction.)

  17. What did you notice? • Aconjunctive adverbis a little like a coordinating conjunction; however, it connects independent clauses. A semicolon precedes the conjunctive adverb, and a comma follows it.

  18. Commonly used conjunctive adverbs

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