COORDINATING

CONJUNCTIONS AND
TRANSITIONS
CONNECTING IDEAS IN A
SINGLE SENTENCE –
COORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS

CONNECTING IDEAS
BETWEEN SENTENCES –
TRANSITIONS
CONNECTING IDEAS IN A SINGLE
SENTENCE – COORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS
TASK 1
TASK 1
TASK 2
MATCH THE COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
WITH THE MEANING

1. Showing additional ideas

2. Showing additional negative ideas
3. Showing a contrast between ideas
4. Showing a surprising or unexpected ideas
5. Showing alternative ideas
6. Showing a result
7. Showing the cause or reason
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
 USING COMMAS WITH
COORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS
Clause Clause
 Clause Clause

Find the sentences in which

commas are not used.
When are commas not
used?
TASK 3 COMPLETE THE SENTENCES, USING THE
CONJUNCTIONS IN THE PARENTHESES.
TASK 4
WHICH SENTENCES ARE ACCEPTABLE?
IMPORTANT NOTES ON CONJUNCTION USAGE
CONNECTING
IDEAS
BETWEEN
SENTENCES –
TRANSITIONS
TASK 5 DO THE TASK BELOW, AND THEN UNDERLINE THE WORDS OR
PHRASES THAT CONNECT THE 2 IDEAS.
HOW ARE TRANSITIONS USED IN COMPARED WITH COORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS?
Sentence 1 Transition Sentence 2

Sentence 1 Transition Sentence 2

TRANSITION WORDS & PHRASES
TRANSITION WORDS & PHRASES
The end