List of conjunctions and how to use conjunctions English grammar lesson
List of coordinating conjunctions
There are only 7 conjunctions:- And, Or But, Nor, So, For, Yet
Remember the 7 Conjunctions
A good way to remember the 7 conjunctions
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What are conjunctions?
Coordinating conjunction help to join parts of a sentence By using coordinating conjunction it enables you to join parts of a sentence that are similar in importance and structure.
Examples of how to use conjunctions in a sentence
The conjunctions are in bold either side of the conjunctions are the parts of the sentence that they are joining.
John likes tea, but Jason likes coffee.
I like orange juice and apple juice.
Conjunctions linking by subordination:
A Subordinating Conjunction (they are also called a dependent word or subordinator) is a conjunction that introduces a dependent clause to a main independent clause.
Simon went cycling although it was raining very hard
Although it was raining heavily, John still went swimming.
Because it looked like it was going to rain, we have an umbrella.
I will come home straight away if it starts snowing
List of Subordinating Conjunction and what they can be used for
place
where, wherever
time
when, whenever, while, after, before, since, till, until, once, now
as soon as, as long as
reason
because, as, since, for, although, though, to, in order to, so as to
similarity and contrast
as, than, whereas, while
condition
if, unless, provided
List of some conjunctions and subordinating with examples of how to use them
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