2. because
It’s used when the reason is the most important part of
the sentences or utterance. The because clause usually
comes at the end:
Example:
I went to Spain last summer because I wanted the
guarantee of sunshine on every day of my holiday.
Alice went shopping because she needed to buy bread.
3. and
It’s used to connect two words, phrases, clauses or prefixes together.
Example:
Television and computers are dominating our daily life. (noun+noun)
I have to shower and change. (verb+verb)
The photos are black and White. (adjective+adjective)
My best friend and my father’s father both come from Wales.
(phrase+phrase)
She got to the door and put the key in the latch. (clause+clause)
The houses were a mix of pre- and post- war build. (prefix+prefix)
4. so
It can be used as an intensifier to mean “very, very”
Example:
That motorway is so dangerous. Everyone drives too fast.
That’s kind of you. Thanks so much for thinking of us.
We often use so with that:
Example:
He’s so lazy that he never helps out with the housework.
It was so dark that we could hardly see.
5. WE DON’T USE SO BEFORE AND ADJECTIVE + A NOUN (attributibe
adjective). We use such:
Example:
She emailed us such lovely pictures of her and Enzo.
NOT: so lovey picture
We use such not so to modify noun phrases:
She is such a hard-working colleague.
NOT: so a hard-working colleague.
6. but
It’s used to link ítems which are the same gramatical type. It is used
to connect ideas that constrast.
Example:
I love fruit but I am allergic to strawberries.
They bought a house in Manchester but they still haven’t sold their
house in London.
The phrase BUT NOT is common:
Example:
The room has been painted but not in the colour that I asked for.
I’d love to go for a pizza with you but not tonight.
7. Until (as conjunction)
It’s used as a subordinating conjunction to connect an action or and
evento to a point in time. We normally put the until-clause before the
main clause.
Example:
Let’s wait here until the rain stops. (until+subortidate clause)
No one left the room until the talk ended.
I can’t wait until the summer holidays begin.
8. Until (as conjunction)
We DON’T use until before a particular time or deadline:
The movie will be finished by 9 pm.
NOT: The movie will be finished untill 9 pm.
We DON’T use until before a particular time or deadline:
The taxi can take up to five people.
NOT: The taxi can take until five people.
We DON’T use until to talk about distance. We use as far as:
Larry drove me as far as the shop and I walked the rest of the way home.
NOT: Larry drove me until the shop……
9. then
It means: “at that time”
A: when I was a child, I lived in Austria for a while.
B: what age were you then?
A: This time next week, I’ll be on a plane to Kiev.
B: Where Will you be then?
It means; “next”
He opened the door, then the lights came on and everybody shouted,
happy birthday!
10. then
It means: “in addition”
Hiring a car is an extra expense on holiday and then there’s the cost of
insurance.
Here’s our bedroom and then we have two more bedrooms down here.
