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• I tried calling her over several times, but she just didn’t respond. (contrast)
• You need to improve your attendance or face the music.
(showing choice, alternative, or advice)
• Timothy is such a nice person, yet no one seems to like him.
(despite something)

• Yami hadn’t heard from her brother for a while, so she decided to pay him
a visit. (reason)

A. Combine these pairs of sentences using suitable coordinating conjunctions.

1. Gagandeep helps people in need. When he needs help, no one comes forward.
2. Farah does not like cooking. She does not like eating.

3. Tara’s brother likes to cook. Their mother does not allow him to.

4. The parrot puffed up its feathers. It began to sing.

5. Debodeep has to make up his mind. He will have to continue to suffer.

6. Tarun scored good marks in the admission test. He got into his
favourite college.

7. Nysa is extremely happy these days. Her teacher praised her for her project.

2. Subordinating Conjunctions join an independent clause with a dependent clause.
Some of the most important subordinating conjunctions, classified according to
their function, are—
♦ Time: when, whenever, before, while, after, since, until, as, as long as,
the first time, the last time, the next time. For example,

• Deepti has been happy ever since her parents came to live with her.
(adverb clause)
• Raj will stay with them until he finds a place of his own. (adverb clause)
• The first time I ate that dish, I was surprised by how sweet it was!
(adverb clause)

• I will visit you next time I come to Pune. (adverb clause)
• When he came to look for me, I was sleeping. (adverb clause)
• Can you tell me when he came to the store? (noun clause)
• I know the time when he came to the store. (adjective clause)

♦ Place: where, wherever

For example,
• No one went where the baby was sleeping. (adverb clause)

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