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9 9 Conjunctions

Warm-up

Join these pairs of sentences using suitable conjunctions.
1. Ria loves throwball. Ria loves volleyball.

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2. Sara makes cookies. Her sister bakes cakes.

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3. Sona loves to travel. Sona often forgets her documents.
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4. Anjali enjoys cooking. Anjali goes shopping for the grocery items often.

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The part of speech that joins two words, groups of words or sentences is called the conjunction.

Kinds of Conjunctions
There are three kinds of conjunctions:

1. Coordinating 2. Subordinating 3. Correlative

The conjunctions that connect two or more equal parts of a sentence are called the coordinating
conjunctions. They are also called coordinators. They may be words, phrases or clauses.

Read the sentences given below.
• We were hungry and thirsty.

• I wanted to ride my bike but the tyre was flat.

• Henry wants pears or carrots for supper.

Here is a list of some coordinating conjunctions.

for and nor but or yet so

The conjunctions that join a dependent (or subordinating) clause to an independent (or main)
clause are called the subordinating conjunctions. They are also called subordinators.

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