English conjunction and some exercises

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Conjunction

2. Conjunction
• My family and I went to Mijen.
• He is smart and friendly.
individual words
• You will have to rent a car or take
a train.
• My brother is an English teacher
and a graphic designer.
Group of words
• Iva knows nothing about cars, so
I have to replace the battery for
her.
• Ani doesn’t like rock and roll, nor
does she care much for rap music.
Clause
Not all of the conjunctions can combine words or groups of words as well as cla
uses. Those that can are and, but, or, and yet.

3. Types of Conjunction
Types of
Conjunction
Coordinating
conjunction
Subordinating
conjunction
Correlative
conjunction

4. Coordinating Conjunction
For : She remained silent, for her heart was heavy.
And : The team was playing well, and a large crowd was
gathering at the soccer field.
Nor : I can't be at the meeting, nor can Ali prepare it.
But : Our retriever loves swimming in the lake, but he hates
getting a bath. The cat likes to sleep under the table but
always keeps her tail tucked under.
Or : Should we buy a new television set, or should we go on
a vacation?
This food can be eaten with a fork or with a spoon.
Yet : Dad was nervous, yet he let me take the car out alone for
the first time.
So : I think that the exam will be difficult, so I study hard.

5. Parallel Structure with Coordinating Conjunction
Incorrect
Correct
Correct

7. Exercise

8. Subordinating Conjunction
Independent
clause
Dependent
clause
sentence
Ani doesn’t come + because she is sick :
• Ani doesn’t come because she is sick.
• Because Ani is sick, she doesn’t come.

9. Subordinating Conjunction

10. Because and because of
• Followed by clause
• Ani doesn’t come because
she is sick.Because
• Followed by noun or noun
phrase
• Ani doesn’t come because
of her sickness.
Because
of

11. Although, in spite of, and despite
• Followed by clause
• I arrived on time although
the traffic was bad.Although
• Followed by noun or noun
phrase
• I arrived on time in spite of
the traffic.
In spite of
/ despite

12. 1. ……………..it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday.
2. ……………...all our careful plans, a lot of things went wrong.
3. I went home early…………………I was feeling unwell.
4. I managed to go to sleep …………….there was a lot of noise.
5. I couldn’t get to sleep ………………the noise.
6. She only accepted the job ………..the salary, which was very high.
Complete the sentences
with although/in spite of/because/because of

13. Correlative Conjunction
Correlative conjunctions are pairs of words that function together
as a conjunction.

14. Exercise

17. Sources
Swick, Ed.(2010). Verb and Essential Grammar for ESL
Learners. New York :Mc Graw Hill.
Phillips, Deborah. (2001).Longman Complete Course for
the TOEFL Test: Preparation for Computer and Paper Test.
New York: Pearson Education Company.
Murphy, Raymond. (1998). English Grammar in Use
2nd Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.