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Lesson 10: Conjunctions

Dad on the last day of school: Can I know where your school report
is, my boy?
Tom: Sorry dad, I’ll bring it tomorrow only if you permit me.

Dad: Why?
Tom: I have lent it to Kevin because he wants to scare his
parents.

Conjunctions are the linking words which join words, phrases,
clauses or sentences together.

Words: August and April are months.
Phrases: A lazy pig or a ferocious lion will be killed.
Clauses: Although we all work hard, a few people succeed in life.

Co-ordinating Conjunctions connect words, phrases or clauses of
equal status in a sentence.
She has already given several interviews, yet she hasn’t got a job.

Correlative Conjunctions are used to correlate groups of words and
add emphasis to an argument.
Neither Shyam nor Amar wants to hurt dignity.

Subordinating conjunctions are used to connect a dependent clause
to the main clause in a sentence.
I didn’t recite a poem because I had a cold.

[dependent clause]

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