definition: words that connect things characteristics: subordinating conjunctions can come at the...
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DEFINITION:
•words that connect things
CHARACTERISTICS:
•Subordinating conjunctions can come at the beginning or middle of a sentence.
•Coordinating conjunctions cannot start a sentence.
•They help make sentences smoother and longer.
• Sometimes you need a comma when you use them.
EXAMPLES:
•BOYSFAN
•(but, or, yet, so, for, and, nor)
•although, because, before, if, after, since, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, while
NON-EXAMPLES:
•up, down, left, right, the, a, an...
CONJUNCTIONSCONJUNCTIONS
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sentencessentencessimplesimple
subjectsubject
++
predicatepredicate
one independent one independent clauseclause
compoundcompound
subject subject
+ +
predicatepredicate
,FANBOYS,FANBOYS
subject subject
+ +
predicatepredicate
two independent two independent clausesclauses
complexcomplex
subjectsubject
++
predicatepredicate
subordinatingsubordinating
subjectsubject
++
predicatepredicate
independent and independent and dependent clausedependent clause
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coordinating conjunction connecting an independent clause
to the beginning
coordinating conjunction connecting an independent clause
to the end
subordinating conjunction at the beginning
subordinating conjunction in the middle
I was grounded all weekend, so Saturday was a bummer.
Saturday was a bummer, and Sunday wasn’t much better.
Although Saturday was a
bummer, it was better than being in school.
Saturday was a bummer because I didn’t get to see my friends.
Saturday was a bummer.
compound
complex
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simple, compound, or complex
1. _____ Mr. Potato Head has taught Tater (his tot) to be polite whenever he meets an older tuber.
2. _____ Mr. Potato Head knows his nose.
3. _____ Because Tallulah is always on her toes, her arches have fallen.
4. _____ Dudley purchased a car without the frills, but he soon decided it needed a steering wheel.
5. _____ A sitting duck has better luck if it learns to duck.
6. _____ Norman can’t walk and chew gum, but he can hop and eat lamb chops.
7. _____ Miles smiles when he eats slimy limes.
8. _____ Shaneika eats a pan of brownies before she takes a nap.