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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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