Subordinating and

coordinating
conjunctions.

Thursday 25th, 2021. Vanessa Meléndez, Elián García, Andrea Huichapa.

Subordinating conjunctions
What is?
Is a word that connects an
independent clause to a dependent
clause. An independent clause can
stand alone as a sentence. In other
words, it doesn’t need any additional
information to operate as a sentence.
-Independent clause: is a group of
words that contains both a subject
and a predicate. It expresses a
complete thought and can stand
alone as a sentence.
-Dependent clause: is a group of
words with a subject and a verb. It
doesn’t express a complete thought
so it’s not a sentence and can't stand
alone.
Examples
In English, there are a lot of subordinating conjunctions.
● After - “Your heart will break like mine, and you’ll want only me after you’ve
gone”
● If - “If you leave me now, you’ll take away the biggest part of me”
● Since - “I guess I’ll never be the same since I fell for you”
● Until - “I’ll keep on dreaming until my dreams come true.”
● When - “When I see you smile, I can face the world”
● Because - “I’m everything I am because you loved me”
● As - “As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I take a look at my
life and realize there’s nothing left”
Coordinating conjunctions
What is?
A coordinating conjunction is a word
that joins two elements of equal
grammatical rank and syntactic
importance. They can join two verbs,
two nouns, two adjectives, two
phrases, or two independent clauses.
The seven coordinating conjunctions
are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.
● Robin and Russel went the beach.
● This present is for you
● You can eat your cake with a spoon or
fork.
● Bill refuses to eat peas, nor will he touch
carrots.
● My dog enjoys being bathed but hates
getting his nails trimmed
● His favorite sports are football and
tennis.
● Michael likes New York, yet he can’t
afford a house there.
● She enjoys going to Salamanca, so she
is moving to Salamanca this month.
Activity: You need to underline the conjunction in each sentence and put if it is
subordinating or coordinating conjunction.

1.- Harry painted the bathroom and 4.- He didn’t study well because he was lazy.
the bedroom. Subordinating or Coordinating.
Subordinating or Coordinating. 5.- You can use a pen or pencil.

2.- I did my homework while my Subordinating or Coordinating.

sister made the dinner.
6.- We were sad when we received the first
Subordinating or Coordinating. homework.

3.- Marla loves to read, but it’s hard Subordinating or Coordinating.

for her. 7.- Call me after you arrive at home.

Subordinating or Coordinating. Subordinating or Coordinating

References
- Your dictionary, “Subordinating Conjunctions”, your dictionary, acceso el 25
de Agosto de 2021,
https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/conjunctions/subordinat
ing-conjunctions.html
- Traffis , Catherine. “What Is a Coordinating Conjunction?” Grammarly,
December 23, 2020.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/coordinating-conjunctions/.