Grammar: Conjunctions (Advanced Grammar)
Topic: Conjunctions
Skills: Speaking, writing, vocabulary expansion
English Level: B2/C1
There are a lot of conjunctions in the English language! They can be used in 3 different ways. There are coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions. Remember that conjunctions connect words, phrases, and clauses!
Coordinating
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Subordinating
after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as, as soon as, as though
because, before, by the time
even if, even though
if, in order that, in case
lest
once, only if
provided that
since, so that
than, that, though, till
unless, until
when, whenever, where, wherever, while
Correlative
both...and
either...or
neither...nor
not only...but also
whether...or
See the examples below:
Watching sports is fun AND captivating. This is a coordinating conjunction because we are connecting the two words, “fun and captivating.”
I don’t want to go UNLESS you are going. This is a subordinating conjunction because we are connecting the dependent clause (“unless you are going”) to the independent clause (“I don’t want to go”).
NOT ONLY was it busy, BUT ALSO freezing. This is a correlative conjunction because it connected two phrases using pairs (“not only… but also”).
Instructions: Decide which sentences have coordinating, subordinating or correlative conjunctions. Identify the conjunction in the sentence and write out the type of conjunction that it is. (If you’re a current student, send your answers to your teachers, if you’re interested in connecting with SENYC send your answers to to Peyton@SpeakEnglishNYC.com)
I’m getting my wife a necklace for her birthday.
We can either study together or separately.
She told me she’d finish the report by today, yet I haven’t received anything.
Daniel will not be ready by the time I get home.
There are too many of us, so we’ll have to take two cabs.
There’s neither peanuts nor hazelnuts in the cake.
Pack your bathing suit in case we go swimming.
You can leave work at 3pm today provided that the report is finished.
Instructions: Answer the following questions using coordinating, subordinating, or correlative conjunctions. (If you’re a current student, send your answers to your teachers, if you’re interested in connecting with SENYC send your answers to to Peyton@SpeakEnglishNYC.com)
What do you usually do on the weekend?
Do you like winter sports? Which ones?
What was a rule you remember following as a kid?
What is interesting about your culture?
Adapted from https://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/list-of-conjunctions.html
