Today’s Lesson is:

Sentence Connectors

By: Montaha HawaitahApril 2012

definition

A connector is a word that is used to join words or sentences.

What do sentence connectors do ?

They allow you to combine two separate sentences.

They make your writing flow more smoothly.

Examples

Coordinating conjunctions join together clauses of equal importance.

and

Or

but

Coordinating

conjunctions

Examples of how to use

connectors

andO is used as a conjunction when

the words are of equal importance.

A boy and a girl

O Tom and Mary play basketballOA lion and a fox live in this

caveOEnglish and Math are both

important.

butO is used to show a contradiction

between two phrases.He ran but he missed the bus.

O She studied hard but could not score well in the test.

OThe hill was very high but the man could climb it easily.

orO we use ‘or’ when we need to

express a choice between two words or phrases.

Happy or sad

OWould you take a cup of tea or coffee?

OSit on the chair or on the table.

becauseO we use ‘because’ to show why

something happened. The baby cried because he was

sick

Watch a movie then..…

O Answer the questions in your worksheet.

Online ExercisesO practice 1 O Practice 2

Good Luck