Conjunctions

A conjunction joins words or groups of words.

There are three kinds of conjunctions:

• coordinating conjunctions

• correlative conjunctions• subordinating

conjunctions.

Coordinating conjunctions may join:

• single words• groups of words

They always connect items of the same kind.

Examples:

• baseball and tennis (two nouns)

• at home or in the library (two prepositional phrases)

• Kate has arrived, but she was late. (two complete ideas or simple sentences)

FANBOYS: Write a sentence for each of the conjunctions below.

F - forA - andN - norB - but

O - or Y - yet S - so

I had better get organized, for Thanksgiving is just around the corner.