Conjuctions

Question 1

What are conjuctions?

Answer 1

Conjuctions are words that join words, phrases and clauses together.

Question 2

Give examples of conjuctions.

Answer 2

For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So

Question 3

What is a sentence fragment?

Answer 3

It is an incomplete sentence. It does not express a complete thought.
Example: Alfred always

Question 4

What is an independent clause?

Answer 4

It expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. It is the main idea in a sentence.

Example: Animals repopulated the earth after the flood.

Question 5

What’s a dependent clause?

Answer 5

It is a type of sentence fragment. It can not stand alone, even though it has a subject and a predicate, because it doesn’t express a complete thought. It is the lesser idea of the sentence.

Example: because they spread across the earth.

Question 6

What is a subordinate conjuction?

Answer 6

It joins the dependent clause to the independent clause in a sentence.

Question 7

Give examples of subordinate conjuctions.

Answer 7

*After
* before
* than
* whenever
* although
* if
* unless
* where
* as
* once
* until
* while
* because
* since
* when
* why

Question 8

What is a coordinate conjuction?

Answer 8

It joins two or more sentences, main clauses, or words with the same importance.

Question 9

Give examples of coordinate conjuctions.

Answer 9

For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So

Question 10

What are correlative conjuctions?

Answer 10

Correlative conjuctions work as a team or a pair to relate two things in a sentence.

Question 11

Gives examples of correlative conjuctions.

Answer 11

Either:or
Neither:nor
Whether:or
Both:and
If:then
Rather:than
Not only:but also
Just as:so
Hardly:when

God is not only good but also patient