CONJUNCTIONS

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CONJUNCTIONS

• A Conjunction connects words or groups of words.

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Did you know that there are three types of
conjunctions???
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Types of Conjunctions

• Correlative Conjunctions
• Coordinating Conjunctions
• Subordinating Conjunctions

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Coordinating Conjunctions

• Coordinating Conjunctions connect words of the
  same kind, such as two or more nouns or verbs.
  They can also connect larger groups of words,
  such as prepositional phrases or even entire
  sentences.
• Examples of Coordinating Conjunctions and, for,
  or, yet, but, nor, so.

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Assignment

• Pg. 383, Exercise 1

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Correlative Conjunctions

• Correlative Conjunctions connect the same kinds
  of words or groups of words as do coordinating
  conjunctions, but correlative conjunctions are
  used in pairs.
• Examples of Correlative Conjunctions
• bothand
• Neithernor
• whetheror
• Eitheror
• Not only.but also

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Assignment

• Pg. 384, Exercise 2

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Subordinating Conjunctions

• Subordinating conjunctions connect two ideas by
  making one idea dependent on the other.
• Frequently used subordinating conjunctions are
  after, although, because, before, if, in order
  that, unless, and while.

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Assignment

• Pg. 385, Exercises 3 and 4.

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Interjections

• An interjection expresses feelings or emotional
  functions independently from the rest of a
  sentence.
• An interjection is set off from the rest of the
  sentence by a comma or an exclamation mark.
• Interjections can express different feelings or
  emotions.

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Examples of How Interjections Are Used

• Joy Wow! I cant believe the size of this
  statue.
• Surprise Oh, I didnt expect to hear from you.
• Pain Ouch! That hurts.
• Impatience Tsk! How long do they expect me to
  wait?
• Hesitation I, uh, think we should leave now.

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More Examples of Interjections

• Ah
• Gee
• Horray
• No way
• Oh my
• Oh no
• Oops
• well

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Assignment

• Pg. 389, Exercise 10.