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9 9 Conjunctions

Warm-up

Fill in the blanks with correct conjunctions given in the help box.

and although while so but

1. __________________ we waited for the bus, a flock of parrots squawked overhead.

2. Deepa __________________ Rani went to play together.
3. Raman recently moved to Meghalaya, __________________ she hates the rain.

4. Dolly prefers pizza __________________ her brother likes home-cooked food.
5. Rahul loves being outside, __________________ he walks home from school every day.

The word that is used to connect words, phrases, or clauses is called a conjunction. It is often used
to connect short sentences to avoid repetition and gives a better flow to the language.

Read the sentences given below.

l I went to the zoo. I saw many wild animals.
I went to the zoo and saw many wild animals.

 While using conjunctions, all parts of a sentence have to be in agreement.

Read the sentences given below.
l They went shopping and buy clothes. (Here, sentence is grammatically incorrect as the
tense is not consistent.)

They went shopping and bought clothes. (Here, the usage of the tense is correct.)

Here is a list of some commonly used conjunctions.
and for nor not only... but also just as as

because so but neither whether yet

Kinds of Conjunctions

There are three kinds of conjunctions.

1. Subordinating conjunctions 2. Coordinating conjunctions 3. Correlative conjunctions

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