Monday, 27 August 2012

Conjunctions

A conjunction is a word which joins to sentences to complete their meaning.
There are two kinds of conjunctions:
  1. Co-ordinating Conjunctions: When the conjunction is used to join two statements of equal importance, the conjunction is said to be a co-ordinating conjunction.
    Examples : and, but, or, not, for, either, neither


  2. Subordinating Conjunctions: When the conjunction joins two statements, one of which depends on the other for its full meaning, the conjunction is said to be a subordinating conjunction.
    Examples : before, after, since, because, if, though, which, who


Here are some examples of the use of conjuctions

Preeti is weak in Physics.  Shalini is weak in Physics.
Preeti and Shalini are weak in Physics.

My sister went to the market. I went to the market.
My sister and I went to the market.

It was cold. I wore a sweater.
It was cold so I wore a sweater.

I will be late. There is a lot of traffic today
I will be late because there is a lot of traffic today.

Manoj studied hard. Manoj failed in his exams.
Manoj studied hard but he failed in his exams.

 

No comments:

Post a Comment