conjunctions for middle grade classes

1. Are Music to My
Ears

2. Conjunctions are words that
join two or more words,
phrases, or clauses.

3. Joining two or more words:
The dog scratched and panted.

4. Joining two or more phrases:
My doctor can choose to
measure my height, my weight,
or check my temperature.

5. Joining two or more sentences:
Eric wants to play basketball.
Annie wants to play soccer.
Eric wants to play basketball but
Annie wants to play soccer.

6. Coordinating Conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions join
sentence elements that are the
same.
You can memorize them with the
acronym FANBOYS.
for and
nor
or so
yet
but

7. Coordinating Conjunctions
and Their Meanings
for
nor
because
and
in addition
am not
or not
neither

8. Coordinating Conjunctions
and Their Meanings
so
but
or
yet
opposite
difference
choice
option
but
consequence
result

9. Can you find the conjunctions in
the following sentences?
Let’s
begin!

10. Which word is the conjunction?
The mother bear carried her
baby and briefcase.

11. Which word is the conjunction?
Beethoven can play the
piano, or compose music in
his free time.

12. Which word is the conjunction?
It was snowing outside, so
we stayed indoors.

13. Which word is the conjunction?
Our dad checked the grill,
but forgot to check the oven.

14. Which word is the conjunction?
I know how to play Twinkle
Twinkle Little Star on the
piano, yet I don’t know how
to play other songs.

15. Which word is the conjunction?
That is neither what I said
nor what I meant.

16. Which word is the conjunction?
Most of the visitors were
happy just sitting around in
the shade, for it had been a
long, dusty trip on the train.

17. Which word is the conjunction?
Sally is intelligent and her
younger sister is beautiful.

21. Subordinating conjunction
A subordinating conjunction is a word or phrase that links
a dependent clause to an independent clause. This word or
phrase indicates that a clause has informative value to add
to the sentence’s main idea, signaling a cause-and-effect
relationship or a shift in time and place between the two
clauses.