english 10 - 2nd

1. CONNECTING IDEAS
USING
CONJUNCTIONS IN AN
ARGUMENTATIVE TEXT

2. IDENTIFY THE CONJUNCTION
USED IN THE GIVEN
SENTENCE.

3. NEITHER ONE OF THEM EVEN
HELPED OUT THE OLD
WOMAN CROSS THE STREET.

4. BOTH JAMES AND ANDREW
WERE PLAYING THEIR
GADGETS WHILE THE
TEACHER IS TALKING.

5. MY BEST FRIEND AND I WENT
TO THE BEACH TO PLAY WITH
THE SAND.

6. MONICA DOES NOT KNOW
ABOUT MICHAEL AND BOBBY,
NOR ABOUT JESSICA AND
SUSAN.

8. CONJUNCTIO
N
• A CONJUNCTION IS THE GLUE THAT HOLDS
WORDS, PHRASES AND CLAUSES (BOTH
DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT) TOGETHER.
THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
CONJUNCTIONS -- COORDINATING,
SUBORDINATING, AND CORRELATIVE -- EACH
SERVING ITS OWN, DISTINCT PURPOSE, BUT ALL
WORKING TO BRING WORDS TOGETHER.

9. EXAMPLE (TWO
ENTITIES)
PETER AND PAUL ARE BEST
FRIENDS.
Peter and Paul are best
friends.

10. EXAMPLE (TWO IDEAS)
I AM GOING TO THE MARKET
AND TO THE GROCERY STORE.
I am going to the market and
to the grocery store.

11. EXAMPLE (TWO
CHOICES)
MY MOTHER ASKED ME IF I AM
GOING TO WASH MY CLOTHES OR
WASH THE DISHES.
My mother asked me if I am
going to wash my clothes or
wash the dishes.

12. CONJUNCTIONS SERVE AS A
CUE WITHIN A SENTENCE,
SIGNALING THE READER
THAT ANOTHER IDEA IS
COMING.

13. •COORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS LINK IDEAS BY
SHOWING HOW THEY RELATE.
FOR EXAMPLE, A WORD LIKE
"AND" INDICATES TWO IDEAS
GO TOGETHER.

14. •SUBORDINATING
CONJUNCTION
INDICATES THAT ONE
IDEA DEPENDS ON
ANOTHER.

15. WE WILL BE LATE UNLESS WE LEAVE
NOW.

16. •CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS
JOIN ELEMENTS WITHIN A
SENTENCE, INDICATING THE
TWO ARE OF EQUAL
IMPORTANCE.

17. I LIKE NEITHER CARROTS NOR
CELERY.

18. •CONJUNCTIONS OR CONNECTORS HAVE
ITS FUNCTIONS IN THE SENTENCES. THIS
IS ESPECIALLY IF THE CONJUNCTIONS
OR CONNECTORS WILL BE USED IN A
FORMAT TEXT LIKE ARGUMENTATIVE
TEXT.