Conjunctions

CONJUNCTIONS

• A Conjunction connects words or groups of words.

Did you know that there are three types of conjunctions???

Types of Conjunctions

• Correlative Conjunctions
• Coordinating Conjunctions
• Subordinating Conjunctions

Coordinating Conjunctions

• Coordinating Conjunctions connect words of the same kind, such as two or more nouns or verbs. They can also connect larger groups of words, such as prepositional phrases or even entire sentences.
• Examples of Coordinating Conjunctions: and, for, or, yet, but, nor, so.

Assignment:

• Pg. 383, Exercise 1

Correlative Conjunctions

• Correlative Conjunctions connect the same kinds of words or groups of words as do coordinating conjunctions, but correlative conjunctions are used in pairs.
• Examples of Correlative Conjunctions:
• both…and
• Neither…nor
• whether…or
• Either…or
• Not only….but also

Assignment:

• Pg. 384, Exercise 2

Subordinating Conjunctions

• Subordinating conjunctions connect two ideas by making one idea dependent on the other.
• Frequently used subordinating conjunctions are: after, although, because, before, if, in order that, unless, and while.

Assignment:

• Pg. 385, Exercises 3 and 4.

Interjections

• An interjection expresses feelings or emotional functions independently from the rest of a sentence.
• An interjection is set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma or an exclamation mark.
• Interjections can express different feelings or emotions.

Examples of How Interjections Are Used

• Joy: Wow! I can’t believe the size of this statue.
• Surprise: Oh, I didn’t expect to hear from you.
• Pain: Ouch! That hurts.
• Impatience: Tsk! How long do they expect me to wait?
• Hesitation: I, uh, think we should leave now.

More Examples of Interjections:

• Ah
• Gee
• Horray
• No way
• Oh my
• Oh no
• Oops
• well

Assignment:

• Pg. 389, Exercise 10.