Saturday, 8 May 2010

Conjunctions and connecting words

Basic conjunctions


Conjunctions join two parts of a sentence and help to show the connection between the two parts of the sentence.

and tells you more

  • We went home and went straight to bed.


but makes a contrast

  • They are rich but they aren't happy.


because answers the question why?

  • We went home because we were tired.


so tells you the result

  • We went home early, so we missed the end of the concert.


when answers the question when?

  • We went home when Jane wanted to.


before, after answers the question what happened first?

  • We went home before the concert ended.

  • We went home after Max Jones had sung his first song.


although, though tells you something surprising

  • We went home although / though we did not really want to.


if makes a condition

  • We will go home if we are tired.


Coordinating Conjunctions

  • for

  • and

  • nor

  • but

  • or

  • yet


Subordinating Conjunctions

  • A: after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as, as soon as, as though

  • B: because, before, by the time

  • E: even if, even though

  • I: if, in order that, in case

  • L: lest

  • O: once, only if

  • P: provided that

  • S: since, so that

  • T: than, that, though, till

  • U: unless, until

  • W: when, whenever, where, wherever, while















































TIMECAUSE + EFFECTOPPOSITIONCONDITION
afterbecausealthoughif
beforesincethoughunless
whennow thateven thoughonly if
whileaswhereaswhether or not
sincein order thatwhileeven if
untilsoin case (that)

Correlative Conjunctions

  • both... and

  • either... or

  • neither... nor

  • not only... but also

  • whether... or




A: after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as, as soon as, as though

B: because, before, by the time

E: even if, even though

I: if, in order that, in case

L: lest

O: once, only if

P: provided that

S: since, so that

T: than, that, though, till

U: unless, until

W: when, whenever, where, wherever, while

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