13- Conjunctions

Question 1

What are conjunctions?

Answer 1

Conjunctions are joining words. They can be used to separate groups of words, single words or whole sentences.

Question 2

Most common conjunctions

Answer 2

After,for,as,though,when,although,because,or,unless,while,and, but,so,until,yet.

Question 3

Conjunctions joining single words

Answer 3

Fred went to the shopping centre. Ginger went to the shopping centre.

Using a conjunction this becomes:
Fred AND Ginger went to the shopping centre.

Question 4

Conjunctions joining groups of words.

Answer 4

When all the qualities describing a person,animal, place or thing are of equal weight, we use and:Jimmy is fast, talented AND tall.

When the qualities are being contrasted we use but: Michel is talented BUT lazy.

Used to join groups of words that don’t make sense on their own: Jenny painted her nails while the orchestra played.

Question 5

Conjunctions joining sentences

Answer 5

Used to join two sentences that contain related information: Louise is the captain of the Victorian netball team.Laura is the captain of the Australian netball team.

This becomes:

Louise is the captain of the Victorian netball team although Laura is the captain of the Australian netball team.