4. It has been quoted several times that no
man is an island. A person cannot live on his
own without any connection at all to others.
The same principle may also be applied in
language. Every time a person communicates
his message, all ideas must be connected to
others or else misunderstandings may
happen.
5. Building one’s idea can be
possibly done with the use of
appropriate grammatical structures
like various sentence structures. To
break monotonous expression, good
writers utilize different types of
sentences with the help of
connectors.
7. A sentence can be made of words,
phrases, and clauses. These words
are connected by words such as and,
but, and or. These are called
conjunctions.
8. Different conjunctions are used
in different sentence structures.
Although a lot of them may have
similar uses, it is good to know that
you can use as many conjunctions for
your day-to-day conversations.
9. One type of conjunction is the
coordinating conjunction. A coordinating
conjunction is used to connect or join words,
phrases, and clauses together. Examples of
coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor,
but, or, yet, and so. Remember that some of
these conjunctions can also function as other
types of conjunctions.
10. Coordinating conjunctions can join two or
more words or phrases. A comma is used
to separate 3 or more nouns or phrases
that are connected by a coordinating
conjunction.
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12. Coordinating conjunctions are also used in a
compound sentence. A compound sentence is
made up of two independent clauses. An
independent clause expresses a complete
thought. It has a subject and a predicate.
Remember that a comma is placed before the
conjunction if it is used to connect
independent clauses.
15. Direction: Underline the coordinating conjunctions in the
following sentences.
1. Cathy bought a blouse, and Sheila got a pair of shoes.
2. The doctor was surprised, for she was carrying twins.
3. Being kind to others is one of many noble traits, but don’t
let others abuse you.
4. The teacher came late, but she was very apologetic.
5. Benjamin will drive his car or ride the bus going to
Manila.
16. Direction: Underline the appropriate coordinating
conjunction for each sentence.
1. Dan (and, yet) his brothers are at the campsite.
2. We have to be punctual with submission, (nor, but) our
work must be free of errors.
3. Either my brother (or, and) my sister is singing in the
event.
4. The movie was good (yet, nor) horrifying.
5. We bought food (but, and) drinks for the surprise party of
our boss..
18. Remember in the previous lesson that
if two ideas with equal importance
are put together, a coordinating
conjunction must be used. What if
you have two sentences, but the
other one is less important than the
other statement? How do you
combine these two?
19. Direction: Complete the following statements and share
your thoughts.
1. I like a friend who_______________________________.
2. I cannot live without ____________________________.
3. I want to learn new things because _________________.
4. I fail to do it after _______________________________.
5. I wish I could travel the world before _______________.
20. Notice the stem phrase or
introductory statement. Which is
one is more important? Is it the
given clause or your response?
Another way of combining clauses is
the use of another type of
conjunction.
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22. A subordinating conjunction is another type of
conjunction. It is used in complex sentences. A
complex sentence is made up of an
independent clause and a dependent clause. A
dependent clause, unlike an independent
clause, does not have a complete thought. It
cannot stand on its own to be a sentence
23. A subordinating conjunction can be found either at
the beginning of the sentence or between the
clauses that it links together. Some common
subordinating conjunctions used in complex
sentences are after, although, as, as if, because,
before, even if, even though, if, rather than, since,
that, though, unless, until, when, where, whereas,
wherever, whether, which, and while.
24. Remember that a comma is placed
between the two clauses if the
dependent clause comes before the
independent clause.
33. Effective sentence construction is achieved
through a play of words and various sentence
construction. To keep the sentence lively, we
use connectors like subordinating and
coordinating conjunctions. Another category
for this part of speech is the correlative
conjunction.
34. The last type of conjunction is
the correlative conjunction.
These are always in pairs. They
connect words, phrases, and
clauses that are of equal
importance in the sentence.
The most common correlative
conjunctions are:
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36.
37. Remember that correlative conjunctions must connect
elements with similar grammatical structure (nouns, verbs,
adjectives, etc).
38.
39. What are the different examples of
correlative conjunctions?
