Conjunctions

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con- junc- tion

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conjunction
 What is a conjunction?
Joins or hooks together groups of words,
phrases and sentences.
 and
Sam ate a hot dog.

Sam ate french fries.

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Sam ate a hot dog and french fries.

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* and joined the similar ideas together

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Kriesha went to the park.

Kriesha met her friend Kisharittah .

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Kriesha went to the park and met her

friend Kisharittah.
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 Practice and

He is hungry.

He is tired.
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He is hungry __________ tired.
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 or
You can have a hot dog.

You can have french fries.

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You can have a hot dog or french fries.

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* or shows a choice
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Mimi will use her sisters car.

Mimi will use her brothers car.

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Mimi will use her sisters car or her

brothers car.
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 Practice or
Could you please make me a cup of Milo?

Could you please make me a cup of Nescafe?

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Could you please make me a cup of Milo
__________ Nescafe?

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 so
It was raining.

We brought an umbrella.
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It was raining, so we brought an
umbrella.
* so shows that the second idea is
the result of the first
 so
He likes baseball.

He joined the team.

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He likes baseball, so he joined the team.
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 Practice so
They like swimming in the ocean.

They went to the beach.

They like swimming in the ocean, _____

they went to the beach.
 but
He wanted to buy a game.

He didnt have any money.

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He wanted to buy a game, but he didnt have any money.
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* but joins two opposite ideas together

 but
He wanted to go to school.

He was sick.

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He wanted to go to school, but he was sick.
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 Practice but
She wants to do her homework.

She forgot what to do.

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She wants to do her homework, ______
she forgot what to do.
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 because
He couldnt speak loudly because he had a bad sore throat.

I gave her a present because it was her birthday.

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Her hair is tangled because she does not comb it.
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* because is used to show reason

 because
He does not go to school.

He was sick.

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He does not go to school, because he was
sick.
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 Practice because
I did not buy the new iPad.

It was very expensive.

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I did not buy the new iPad ______ it
was very expensive.
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Fill in the correct conjunction in each sentence.

I had to go eat dinner, ______ I really wanted to

play outside.

I ate chicken _______ corn.

It was hot outside, ______ I brought a water

bottle to keep me cooled off.
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