Conjunctions

ENGLISH FOR GRADE 9s

1. CONJUNCTIONS Grade 9 By miss NC mavimbela

2. WHAT IS A CONJUNCTION? Is a joiner, a word that connects parts of a sentence. A word connecting words, clauses or sentences. Without conjunctions, you’d be forced to express every complex idea in a series of short, simplistic sentences. Example: I like cooking. I like eating. I don’t like washing dishes outside.

3. 3 TYPES OF CONJUNCTIONS Coordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions Correlative conjunctions

4. COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS Join individual words, phrases, and independent clauses. When a coordinating conjunction connects two independent clauses, it is often accompanied by a comma. There are 7 coordinating conjunctions, namely FANBOYS : For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.

5. NOTE: “But” is used to connect things that are different or separated. Example- I want popcorn but not pizza. “Or” is used to offer a choice. Example- Do I want popcorn or pizza? “Nor” is used to offer a negative choice. Example- I do not want popcorn nor pizza.

6. Examples of coordinating conjunctions. I study hard, for I want to succeed. I went to the store to buy eggs and milk for the cake recipe. I do not miss classes, nor do I arrive late. I played cards with my friend, but I kept losing. I must try harder, or I will not succeed. I study hard, yet I do not get the results I want. I must study hard, so I can get the results I want.

7. SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS Are conjunctions that introduces a dependent clause and indicates the nature of the relationship among the independent clause and the dependent clause. There are more than 7 subordinating conjunctions. Namely : when, while, although, since, as, because, before, if, whether, until, once, how, than, that, though, unless, after, provided, in order , as if, as long as, as though, even if, even though, if only, rather than, whenever, where, whereas.

8. SOME EXAMPLES OF SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS She will call when she arrives. He succeeds because he works hard. I must work harder if I want to pass. I will stay a little longer since I arrived late. They went out while she babysat.

9. CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS A type of conjunction that functions in a pair with both words working together to balance words, phrases or clauses. They always travel in pairs, joining various sentence elements that should be treated as grammatically equal. Technically, correlative conjunctions consist simply of a coordinating conjunction linked to an adjective or adverb

10. Examples in pairs: Both …and Either…or Neither…nor Can not…but also Not…but As…as Whether…or

11. EXAMPLES OF CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS. B oth the teacher and the student will be receiving a special award tomorrow. They will either work full time or study full time. I will neither work nor study during the summer time. They can not only speak Japanese fluently, but also read and write it quite well.

12. REFERENCE LIST Aldrich, J. (2010) Conjunctions. Available from slideshare at https://www.slideshare.net/joeldaldrich/conjunctions-6071377 (Accessed 30 August 2018) Burch, J. (2010) Conjunctions. Available from slideshare at https://www.slideshare.net/Jburch297/conjunctions?next_slideshow=1 (Accessed 30 August 2018)

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