parts of speech almost at the end…. conjunctions a conjunction is a word that joins words or...
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Parts of SpeechAlmost at the end…
Conjunctions
•A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words.
Conjunctions may join:
• Single words• Groups of words
Examples: hot or cold;through the woods and across the river
Conjunctions may also join sentences.
• The teacher graded the papers, and then she returned them to the students.
• You may take the quiz now, or you may take it after school.
Types of Conjunctions
•Coordinating
•Correlative
•Subordinating
Coordinating Conjunctions are used in compound
sentences.
Common Coordinating Conjunctions are:
•And ForBut So
•Or Yet•Nor
Correlative Conjunctions are always found in pairs.
Common Correlative conjunctions are:
•Neither…nor•Either…or•Both…and•Not only…but also
Subordinate conjunctions are used in
complex sentences.
Subordinating Conjunctions:• After because• Although before• As if• As if in order that• Long as since• As soon as so that• As though than
• Though where• Unless Wherever• Until While• When• whenever
Find the conjunctions:
• We listened to the tape and took notes.
• Mrs. Musynske is both a teacher and a moderator of a club.
• Either study for the exam or take the consequences!
Interjections• An interjection is a word that
shows emotion and is not related to any other word in the sentence.
Oh! You surprised me!Bah Humbug! Expresses how Scrooge feels about Christmas.
• Wow! I won the lottery!
• Oh, I don’t know about that.
• I don't know what the heck you're talking about.
• No, you shouldn't have done that.
• Ouch, that hurt!
Find the interjection
Find the interjections
• Oh no, I forgot that the exam was today.
• Hey! Put that down!
• I heard one guy say to another guy, "He has a new car, eh?"
• I don't know about you but, good lord, I think taxes are too high!