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Read the following sentences.

l I have a chair. l I have a table.

We can join these two sentences with and.

I have a chair and a table.

Here, and joins two sentences.

The word but joins two opposite ideas.

Read the following sentences.

l The girl wants to go to the party. l The girl is ill.

We can join these two sentences with but.

The girl wants to go to the party, but she is ill.

or

The girl is ill, but she wants to go to the party.

Here, but joins two sentences.

Read the given sentences carefully to understand the use of and and but.

Sentences Sentences joined by and or but

I sing. I sing and dance.

I dance.

They go to school. They go to school and study.

They study. Conjunctions

He is poor. He is poor but lives like a prince.

He lives like a prince.

I have a book.

I do not study. I have a book, but I do not study.

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