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.