This document provides examples of different types of conjunctions and their uses: reason/cause conjunctions like because and since; contrast conjunctions like although and though; time relationship conjunctions like after and before; and condition conjunctions like if and even if. It also gives examples of questions using these conjunctions to connect dependent and independent clauses.

1.  To show reason/cause
› Because
› Since
› As
 To show contrast
› Although
› Though
› Even though
› while
 To show time relationship
› After
› Before
› Until
› While
› As
 To show condition
› If
› Even if
Subordinating conjunctions are used to connect
a dependent clause and an independent clause.

2.  What are you going to do after you graduate?
 What are you going to do as soon as you finish this
exercise?
 What are you going to do before you go to bed
tonight?
 When are you going to do your homework?
 When are going to eat dinner?
 What are you going to do after you eat dinner?

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4.  A/An – Indefinite
Articles
› Singular count Nouns
› Things in general/
nonspecific
 A
› When the next word
begins with a
consonant sound
 An
› When the next word
begins with a vowel
sound
 I bought a sweater.
 Wendy wants an ice
cream cone.
 Meet me at the library
in ___hour.
 John bought ___
unique gift for his
mother.
 Does your last name
begin with ___ e or ___
n?
 I had ___omelet and
my son had ___ muffin
for breakfast.
an
a
an an
an
a

5.  The
› Singular and Plural
› Noncount Nouns
› Specific Things
 Second and
subsequent time
 When speaker and
listener are both
familiar with the
subject
 When there is only one
 The hat is new, but the
shoes aren’t.
 A cat fell in the water.
 Are you going to the
bank this afternoon?
 I bought a sweater and a
coat yesterday. The
sweater is made of wool,
but the coat is made of
leather.
 The Earth and the Sun are
both in the Milky Way
galaxy.

6.  An Article
› A
› An
› The
 A Possessive
adjective
 A Quantifier
 April owns ____ dog.
 I am reading ____ book.
 Give me _________ spoon. This
one is dirty.
 Where did ____ time go?
 It’s raining. I need ____ umbrella.
 He has ___ uncle who lives in New
York.
 Payday is tomorrow, but I still
have ______ dollars.
can never stand alone. One of these must come before it:
a
my
another
the
an
an
a few

7.  Create complete sentences
 Add the correct article
 Use the correct verb tense
 Use proper punctuation
 Capitalize proper nouns
 robert / go (negative)/ to / beach / tomorrow
 Robert will not go to the beach tomorrow.

8. 2) laura’s parents / visit / eiffel tower / in paris / last year
3) we / have / grammar / test / next week (question)
4) weather / be / very / nice / for / picnic / last Saturday
5) carol / bob / see / owl / in / tree / in their back yard / last
night
Laura’s parents visited the Eiffel Tower in Paris last year.
Will we have a grammar test next week?
The weather was very nice for our picnic last Saturday.
Carol and Bob saw an owl in a tree their back
yard last night.
Are we going to have a grammar test next week?
The weather was very nice for the picnic last Saturday.

9. 6) you/ go / movies/ every friday night (question)
7) computers / not work / anymore
8) i / bring / apple / sandwich / for lunch yesterday
9) after nicholas / graduate last week / his sister / give him /
expensive gift
10) My dad / buy / me / bike / for / my last birthday / but / I /
want / puppy
Do you go to the movies every Friday night?
The computers do not / don’t work anymore.
I brought an apple and a sandwich for lunch
yesterday.
After Nicholas graduated last week, his sister
gave him an expensive gift.
Our computers are not / aren’t working anymore.
My dad bought me a bike for my last birthday, but I
wanted a puppy.