Conjunctions

Conjunctions 

Conjunctions are words that joins or link together words  and sentences.

Conjunctions are:

And , but, or, for, so, 

 either _or,  neither  _nor,  both _ and though _yet, whether _Or, not only _ but also

 Examples

1. Neha and Charles are good singers.

2. He ran fast but he missed the bus.

3  You will pass the exam if you work hard.

4. We both love and respect our parents.

Kinds of conjunctions

There are three kinds of conjunctions.

1 Coordinating conjunctions

2  Subordinating conjunctions

3. Correlative conjunctions 

1 Coordinating conjunctions

These conjunctions join together words or sentences of equal rank . The word coordinating means of equal rank.

The Coordinating conjunctions are:

For, and,  nor, but,  or, yet , so, hence, however, only, either, also

Examples

1. I am a teacher but my brother is a doctor. 

2. Two and two make four.

3. He must weep or he will die.

4  Something certainly fell in for I heard a splash.

5  Aliza and Emma are good  students. 

2  Subordinating conjunctions 

Subordinating conjunctions join a clause or sentences  to another on which it depends for its full meaning.

The chiefs Subordinating conjunctions are

Because, as, that, while, unless, though, since, if, when , till, although, before 

Examples

1. I didn't come because you didn't invite me.

2. He finished first though he began late.

3. When I was child, I thought so.

4 I do not  understand how it happened.

3  Correlative conjunctions

These conjunctions are used in pairs each of the correlatived words should be placed immediately before the words to be connected.

Examples

1  She does not care whether you eat or not.

2  She visited not only Gilgit but also Hunza.

3 Neither she nor her sister is present in the house.

4 As you sow, so shall you reap.