DEFINITION:

•words that connect things

CHARACTERISTICS:

•Subordinating conjunctions can come at the beginning or middle of a sentence.

•Coordinating conjunctions cannot start a sentence.

•They help make sentences smoother and longer.

• Sometimes you need a comma when you use them.

EXAMPLES:

•BOYSFAN

•(but, or, yet, so, for, and, nor)

•although, because, before, if, after, since, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, while

NON-EXAMPLES:

•up, down, left, right, the, a, an...

CONJUNCTIONSCONJUNCTIONS

sentencessentencessimplesimple

subjectsubject

++

predicatepredicate

one independent one independent clauseclause

compoundcompound

subject subject

+ +

predicatepredicate

,FANBOYS,FANBOYS

subject subject

+ +

predicatepredicate

two independent two independent clausesclauses

complexcomplex

subjectsubject

++

predicatepredicate

subordinatingsubordinating

subjectsubject

++

predicatepredicate

independent and independent and dependent clausedependent clause

coordinating conjunction connecting an independent clause

to the beginning

coordinating conjunction connecting an independent clause

to the end

subordinating conjunction at the beginning

subordinating conjunction in the middle

I was grounded all weekend, so Saturday was a bummer.

Saturday was a bummer, and Sunday wasn’t much better.

Although Saturday was a

bummer, it was better than being in school.

Saturday was a bummer because I didn’t get to see my friends.

Saturday was a bummer.

compound

complex

simple, compound, or complex

1. _____ Mr. Potato Head has taught Tater (his tot) to be polite whenever he meets an older tuber.

2. _____ Mr. Potato Head knows his nose.

3. _____ Because Tallulah is always on her toes, her arches have fallen.

4. _____ Dudley purchased a car without the frills, but he soon decided it needed a steering wheel.

5. _____ A sitting duck has better luck if it learns to duck.

6. _____ Norman can’t walk and chew gum, but he can hop and eat lamb chops.

7. _____ Miles smiles when he eats slimy limes.

8. _____ Shaneika eats a pan of brownies before she takes a nap.