By: Mr. A. Nsamba (Tuguva c. S)
Conjunctions
• Conjunctions are words used as joiners.
• A conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses.
Kinds of Conjunctions
1. Coordinating Conjunctions (FANBOYS)
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
• Coordinating conjunctions join equals to one another: words to words, phrases to phrases or
clauses to clauses.
• Coordinating conjunctions go in between items joined, not at the beginning or end.
• A coordinating conjunction joining two independent clauses created a compound sentence
and requires a comma before the coordinating conjunction.
Examples:
• Cellphone or Laptop
• Most children like cookies and milk.
• I don’t care for the beach, but I enjoy a good vacation in the mountains.
2. Correlative Conjunctions
• Correlative conjunctions work in pairs to join words, phrases, or clauses.
• These pairs of conjunctions require equal (parallel) after each other.
• The correlative conjunctions are:
either...or,
neither... nor,
both...and,
not only...but also,
whether...or.
Example:
• Clara wants not only money but also fame.
• My uncle is not only a doctor but also a pharmacist.
• All of these clothes are either too small or worn out.
3. Subordinating Conjunctions
• Subordinating congratulations also join two classes together, but in doing so, they make one
clause dependent (or “subordinate”) upon the other.
• 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.
• Subordinating Conjunctions are:
After, although, as, as far as, as soon as, as if, as though, because, before, even if, even
though, how, if, in as much as, in case (that), in order (that), insofar as, in that, lest, no matter
how, now that, once, provided (that), since, so that, supporting (that), than, that, though, till,
unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, whether, while, why.
Examples:
• We have an umbrella because it is raining.
• I did not know that this food was meant only for the staff.
• After Troy ate a giant cookie, he got a stomach ache.
Ref: Mr. W. Hango
Conjunctions
• Conjunctions are words used as joiners.
• A conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses.
Kinds of Conjunctions
1. Coordinating Conjunctions (FANBOYS)
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
• Coordinating conjunctions join equals to one another: words to words, phrases to phrases or
clauses to clauses.
• Coordinating conjunctions go in between items joined, not at the beginning or end.
• A coordinating conjunction joining two independent clauses created a compound sentence
and requires a comma before the coordinating conjunction.
Examples:
• Cellphone or Laptop
• Most children like cookies and milk.
• I don’t care for the beach, but I enjoy a good vacation in the mountains.
2. Correlative Conjunctions
• Correlative conjunctions work in pairs to join words, phrases, or clauses.
• These pairs of conjunctions require equal (parallel) after each other.
• The correlative conjunctions are:
either...or,
neither... nor,
both...and,
not only...but also,
whether...or.
Example:
• Clara wants not only money but also fame.
• My uncle is not only a doctor but also a pharmacist.
• All of these clothes are either too small or worn out.
3. Subordinating Conjunctions
• Subordinating congratulations also join two classes together, but in doing so, they make one
clause dependent (or “subordinate”) upon the other.
• 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.
• Subordinating Conjunctions are:
After, although, as, as far as, as soon as, as if, as though, because, before, even if, even
though, how, if, in as much as, in case (that), in order (that), insofar as, in that, lest, no matter
how, now that, once, provided (that), since, so that, supporting (that), than, that, though, till,
unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, whether, while, why.
Examples:
• We have an umbrella because it is raining.
• I did not know that this food was meant only for the staff.
• After Troy ate a giant cookie, he got a stomach ache.
Ref: Mr. W. Hango
