conjunctions

Basic conjunctions

Conjunctions join two parts of a sentence and help to show the connection between the two parts of the sentence.

and tells you more

• We went home and went straight to bed.

but makes a contrast

• They are rich but they aren’t happy.

because answers the question why?

• We went home because we were tired.

so tells you the result

• We went home early, so we missed the end of the concert.

when answers the question when?

• We went home when Jane wanted to.

before, after answers the question what happened first?

• We went home before the concert ended.

• We went home after Max Jones had sung his first song.

although, though tells you something surprising

• We went home although / though we did not really want to.

if makes a condition

• We will go home if we are tired.

Coordinating Conjunctions

• for

• and

• nor

• but

• or

• yet

Subordinating Conjunctions

• A: after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as, as soon as, as though

• B: because, before, by the time

• E: even if, even though

• I: if, in order that, in case

• L: lest

• O: once, only if

• P: provided that

• S: since, so that

• T: than, that, though, till

• U: unless, until

• W: when, whenever, where, wherever, while

Correlative Conjunctions

• both… and

• either… or

• neither… nor

• not only… but also

• whether… or