LINKING WORDS:

COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
 DID YOU KNOW THAT …

• Sentences may be expanded by adding one

sentence to one or more other sentences.

• The product of this expansion is called a

compound sentence.
 WHAT IS A COMPOUND SENTENCE?

• It’s when you connect two basic

sentences.
• If you want to connect two simple
sentences to make a compound one,
you need to use connecting words,
called conjunctions.
EXAMPLE:

 Basic sentence  Basic sentence

• *Mother Teresa was kind. * She was generous.

Conjunction: AND
 

 Compound Sentence
• ** Mother Teresa was kind and she was generous.
 WHAT IS A CONJUNCTION?

• A conjunction is a word that links (connects)

words, phrases or clauses. When you want to use
a conjunction to join two sentences, you usually
use a comma before the conjunction.
“COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS”

THESE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS:

• AND
• Function
• * Shows addition.
• *Joins two similar ideas together.
• Examples
• * Juan lives in Naranjo, and he studies at UCR.
• *Karla went to Cartago, and Viviana went to Heredia.
• OR and NOR
• Function
• * They show contrast or alternation.
• **OR: Joins two alternative ideas.
• *** NOR: Joins two negative alternatives.

• Examples
•  ** I could cook some supper, or we could order pizza.
• *** I didn’t listen to the news, nor I watched the game.
• BUT and YET
• Function
• * They show contrast.
• ** BUT: Joins two contrasting ideas.
• *** YET: It’s meaning is “but”. It’s mainly used in negatives.
• Examples
•  ** Daniel moved away, but Gerardo stayed in the city.
• *** Ulises has a lot of money, yet he can not buy the car he wants.
• FOR and SO
• Function
• Show reason.
• ** FOR: It’s meaning is “Because”.
• *** SO: Shows that the second idea is the result of the first .
• Examples
• ** He must be very popular, for everyone in school knows him.
• *** She was sick, so she went to the doctor.