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5 Grammar Time
5.1. Read the following sentences.
a. Sita didn’t speak because her mouth had a pain.
b. Sita’s mouth had a pain so she didn’t speak.
c. Smriti screamed with fear
because she saw a big cat.
d. Prerana saw a big cat so she
screamed with fear.
e. We go to the market to shop what we need.
f. I called Khoya to wish her a happy birthday.
g. He has been learning Spanish in order to get a visa for
Spain.
The words in red in the above sentences join two different
sentences and are called connectives.
Because joins an action with its reason or cause and is placed
before the reason or cause.
So joins an action with its reason or cause and is placed before
the action.
To and in order to join an action with its purpose. They are
followed by an infinitive (v1).
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