CONJUNCTIO

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lesson!
OBJECTIVES :
At the end of the presentation, the students with 80% accuracy are expected
to;

a. Explain what is conjunction;

b. Enumerate the different kinds of conjunction;

c. Express the importance of conjunction by sharing it to the class.

Conjunction
Kinds of Conjunction

Definition  Coordinating Conjunctions

• A conjunction is a joiner, a The simple, little
word that connects conjunctions are called
(conjoins) parts of a Coordinating Conjunctions.
sentence
 Coordinating Conjunctions
• A word connecting words,
clauses or sentences
and, but, or, yet, for, nor, so
The comma is always correct
when used to separate two Ulysses spent his
independent clauses connected summer studying
by a coordinating
conjunctions. See Punctuation basic math, writing,
between two independent and reading
clauses for further help.
comprehension
A comma is also correct when
and is used to attach the last
item of a serial list, although
many writers ( especially in
newspapers) will omit that
final comma:
When a coordinating
conjunction is used to connect
all the elements in a series, a
comma is not used:
 Presbyterians and Methodist
and Baptists are the prevalent
protestant congregations in
Oklahoma.
CONJUCNTIONS
Conjunctions are words that
connect words, phrases, or clauses
together They are referred to as the
linguistic devices that create cohesion
sentences and paragraphs. There are three
main types of conjunctions, namely:
coordinating, subordinating and
correlative.
Coordinating conjunctions
Generally connect
sentence elements of the same
grammatical class such as
nouns with nouns, adverbs
with adverbs, phrases with
phrases and clauses with
clauses. Coordinating
conjunctions (or coordinators)
are and, but , or, nor, for, yet
and so.
Examples:
1. Joseph has to work late night,
so he cannot make it to party.
2. The friends went to the park,
but they did not have time for
the museum.
3. Their success was due to their
teamwork and the support from
their friends and family.
Subordinating conjunctions
are used to connect an independent (main
clause) clause with a dependent (subordinate)
clause. In other words, subordinating conjunctions
(or subordinators) are used to link subordinate
clauses with the main clauses in complex
sentences. They include after, if, because, that,
although, though, till, unless, as, before, when,
while, where, than, whether, in order that,
nevertheless, etc.

Examples:
 We went camping although it
was very cold.
 The friends decided to go to
the cinema because it is too hot
to go to the beach.
 Father went to work after he had
finished breakfast.
Subordinating conjunctions always
come at the beginning of a dependent
clause. However, dependent clauses can
also appear before an independent
clause (separated by a comma).
So, we could rewrite the above
sentences this way:
1. Although it was very cold, we went
camping.
2. Because it is too hot to go to the
beach, the friends decided to go to
the cinema.
3. After he had finished breakfast,
father went to work.
 Correlative conjunctions
are conjunctions that come in pairs and
function like coordinating conjunctions to
connect sentence elements of the same
grammatical class. Hence, they give emphasis to
the combinations of two balanced structures.
They get their name from the fact that they work
together (co-) and relate one sentence element to
another. They include either, or, both, and,
neither, nor, as many, as, not only, but, also,
whether, or, such, that, so, that, hardly, when, no
sooner, than, scarcely, when, not, but, etc.
Examples:
1. Neither John nor Joseph can join the
league.

2. The boss requested both Theresa and Grace

to lead the team.

3. They served us not only the ice cream but

also fruit salad