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14 Conjunctions

Warm-up

Correct the errors in the use of conjunctions in these sentences.

1. Garima is neither polite but funny.

2. My favourite colours are blue because green.

3. Would you like to have tea until coffee?

4. I would have gone to the party and I already have plans.

5. She is not only intelligent and beautiful as well.

6. I got dressed but went to school.

7. She looks scared and she has seen a ghost.

8. You must apologise unless you will be punished.

9. She is very funny because he is boring.

A conjunction is a word which is used to join two words, two phrases or
two sentences together.

Kinds of conjunctions Note

There are three kinds of conjunctions. Remember coordinating
conjunctions with the help
1. Coordinating conjunctions
of a simple acronym.
2. Subordinating conjunctions FANBOYS

3. Correlative conjunctions F-for; A-and; N-nor; B-but;
O-or; Y-yet; S-so.

1. Coordinating conjunctions
The coordinating conjunctions are and, but, or, nor, yet, for and so. They help to
connect two independent clauses which are grammatically equal.

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