CONJUNCTION

IT IS A WORD THAT CONNECTS OR JOINS

TOGETHER WORDS, PHRASES, CLAUSES,
OR SENTENCES
 COORDINATION

IT IS DONE WHEN YOU WANT TO GIVE EQUAL

EMPHASIS OR IMPORTANCE TO SENTENCE OR
SENTENCE PARTS
DIFFERENT TYPES OF
CONJUCTION
COORDINATING CONJUCTION
COORDINATING CONJUNCTION

THE MOST COMMON CONJUNCTION.

IT 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
CLAUSE
COORDINATION CONJUNCTION MAKE
THESE IDEAS SOUND MORE FLUENT
 SEVEN COMMON COORDINATING
CONJUCTIONS

FOR
AND
NOR
BUT
OR
YET
SO
 SEVEN COMMON COORDINATING
CONJUCTIONS

IT CAN BE USED AS BOTH A

COORDINATING AND A SUBORDINATING
CONJUCTION
 SEVEN COMMON COORDINATING
CONJUCTIONS

AS A COORDINATING CONJUCTION, SO

CAN LINK TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES
IN A SIMILAR MANNER AND AS A
SUBORDINATING CONJUCTION, IT CAN
LINK TWO UNEQUAL CLAUSES.
WHEN JOINING TWO CLAUSES WITH A
COORDINATING CONJUNCTION, ALWAYS
PLACE A COMMA BEFORE THE CONJUCTION.
 EXAMPLES

COORDINATING CONJUNCTION:
WE WERE OUT OF MILK, SO I WENT TO THE STORE TO
BUY SOME

SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION:
GRACE IS SAVING MONEY SO SHE CAN BUY HER
OWN HORSE
CONJUNCTIONS THAT CONNECT
TWO WORDS
 TWO VERBS

THE CHILDREN RAN AND JUMPED ALL OVER

THE PLAYGROUND.
 TWO NOUNS

WOULD YOU LIKE CEREAL OR TOAST

FOR BREAKFAST?
 TWO ADJECTIVES

THE OLD CASTLE SEEMED GRAND YET

MYSTERIOUS.
 TWO ADVERBS

SLOWLY BUT SURELY, THE TURTLE

FINISHED THE RACE.
 HOW TO PUNCTUATE COORDINATING
CONJUNCTION

IN JOINING TWO WORDS , PHRASES, OR

DEPENDENT CLAUSE TOGETHER, A COMMA IS
NOT REQUIRED BEFOR THE COORDINATING
EXAMPLE:
ALIENS AND PREDATOR
 HOW TO PUNCTUATE COORDINATING
CONJUNCTION

IF, ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU ARE LINKING MORE

THAN TWO WORDS, PHRASES, AND DEPENDENT
CLAUSES TOGETHER, A SERIES OF COMMAS MUST
BE PLACED IN BETWEEN THE DISTINCT ELEMENTS
EXAMPLE:
SPIDERS, SNAKES, AND SCORPIONS
 HOW TO PUNCTUATE COORDINATING
CONJUNCTION

LASTLY, FOR JOINING TWO INDEPENDENT

CLAUSES, A COMMA MUST BE USED BEFORE
PLACING THE COORDINATING CONJUNCTION
EXAMPLE:
CASSANDRA FELL ASLEEP, SO JOAQUIN JUST WENT
HOME.
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION

IT IS USED IN LINKING TWO CLAUSES

TOGETHER
IT ALSO DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE DEPENDENT CLAUSE AND THE
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE IN THE SENTENCE
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION

SAMPLE SENTENCES:
IT IS SO COLD OUTSIDE, SO I BROUGHT YOU A
JACKET.
BECAUSE IT IS COLD OUTSIDE, I BROUGHT YOU A
JACKET
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION

A COMMA SHOULD ALSO PLACED IN

BETWEEN THE TWO CLAUSES OF THE
SENTENCE
CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTION

ARE SIMPLY PAIRS OF CONJUCTIONS WHICH

ARE USED TO JOIN EQUAL SENTENCE
ELEMENTS TOGETHER
 LIST OF COMMON CORRELATIVE
CONJUNCTION

EITHER… OR
NEITHER… NOR
NOT ONLY… BUT ALSO
BOTH… AND
WHETHER… OR
SO… AS
SAMPLE SENTENCES:

BOTH MY BROTHER AND MY FATHER

ARE LAWYERS.
I CAN’T DECIDE WHETHER I’LL TAKE
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OR TAKE
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN COLLEGE.
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