Basic conjunctions
‘two parts of the sentence.
conjanvction
and
bat
because
when
before, after
although,
though
if
function
tells you more
makes a contrast
ans
why
the question
tells you the result
answers the question
whe
answers the question
what happened first?
tells you something
surprising
makes a condition
7 B Other connecting words
The words in this table are useful for making connections berween words and phrases,
word
only
even
like
than
also, to0, as
well
feriction
says something is nec
very big ar not very
muuch
says something is
surprising or unusual
used after a comparative
adjective or adverb
says something is extra
Conjunctions and connecting words
Conjunctions join two parts of a sentence and help to show the connection between the
example
‘We went home and went straight to bed.
They are rich but they aren't happy.
‘We went home because we were tired.
‘We went home early, so we missed the
end of the concert.
‘We went home when Jane wanted to.
‘We went home before the concert ended.
‘We went home after Max Jones had
sung his first song.
We went hame although / though we did
not really wane to,
‘We will go home if we are tired,
exaniple
He sleeps only 3 hours every night.
Even their 10-year-old son works in the
shop.
She looks like her da
She works harder than he does.
He works in the shop and she does also /
too / as welll,