
Welcome to my new blog post on conjunctions
We’ve talked about other parts of speech in my other posts; trust you all have checked them out. Please refer to my other posts here to have a better understanding of the other parts of speech… I have talked about nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives and prepositions. They’re all exciting, inspiring and educating, just as this one promises to be. So let’s begin!
What are conjunctions?
When do we use conjunctions?
Why do we use conjunctions?
What are Conjunctions?
Conjunctions are a word that joins/connects two or more words, or sentences together. They give more information, reasons or unexpected results and also link words or phrases.
How conjunctions are used to join WORDS together
Examples:
John and Peter are singing
How conjunctions are also used to join SENTENCES together
Example:
- John brought her phone. Peter brought his phone
John and Peter brought their phones
- The man is rich. The man is stingy
The man is rich but stingy
Examples of conjunctions
- I drank some water for I was very thirsty
- I went to school with my phone and book
- She can’t read nor write
- I ate all the food but am still hungry
- Will you eat bread or rice?
- I ate quickly yet I finished late
- She annoyed me so I beat her
These represents an acronym FANBOYS
FANBOYS | F | A | N | B | O | Y | S |

There are other examples of conjunctions. The ones mentioned above are just the commonly used ones.
Types of conjunctions
- Coordinating conjunctions
- Subordinating conjunctions
- Correlative conjunctions
Coordinating Conjunctions
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so,
F.A.N.B.O.Y.S
Subordinating Conjunctions
Comparison Time Concession
Than until although
Whether whenever even though
As much as after though
Whereas now that
Relative pronouns Reason Condition
Whenever because unless
Whomever so that if
Who as assuming that
Whoever since only if
Place relative adjectives manner
Wherever whichever as though
Where whatever how
Correlative Conjunctions
Either… or
The boy likes either rice or beans
Neither…nor
I want neither of the two books
Whether…or
Do you know whether we have beans or yam for lunch?
Both…and
My company deals with both writing and publishing
Now let’s practice!
Identify the conjunctions in the sentence below
- John saw the snake and killed it
- She’s very lazy but intelligent
- I am very hungry but too busy to eat
- The landlord was here on time so I couldn’t leave the house
- Either the blue or red dress will suit you
- The visitor drank neither juice nor water
- She can sew very well but she doesn’t have a sewing machine
- That red bad is very costly so be careful with it
- We have bread for morning food
- She studied hard yet she failed her exams
Let’s practice more
Join the words and sentences together
- The red dress is fine. It won’t fit you
- She has two bags. She has a book
- Peter ate rice. Peter not beans
- She was crying. I gave her money
- The man is rich. The man is stingy
- John burnt his midnight candles. He failed the exam
- The bread is not sweet. The biscuit is not sweet
- My mother cooked a delicious meal. Lunch
- The school was on holiday. She came back
- The article was good. She published it
Answers
- The red dress is fine but it won’t fit you
- She has two bags and a book
- Peter ate either rice or beans
- She was crying so I gave her money
- The man is rich but stingy
- John burnt his midnight candles yet failed the exam
- Neither the bread nor the biscuit is sweet
- My mother cooked a delicious meal for lunch
- The school was on holiday so she came back
- The article was good so she published it
Note:
The conjunction ‘and’ is used for joining words or sentences that are have ideas
Example:
James is walking. John is walking
James and john are walking
Mirian bought food. Vivian bought drinks
Mirian and Vivian bought food and drinks
The conjunction ‘or’ is used to join words or sentences to deals with choice
She likes to read. She likes to write
She likes to read or write
She enjoys watching movies. She enjoys playing games
She enjoys watching movies or playing games
The conjunction ‘although’ and ‘although’ are used to join sentences that shows contrast between ideas
She came home late. She went to the kitchen to cook
Although she came home late, she went to the kitchen to cook
She was sick. She still went to school
Though she was sick, she still went to school
The conjunction ‘but’ is used to join words or sentences that have opposite ideas
She ate the food. She was still hungry
She ate the food, but she was still hungry
She read the novel. She didn’t understand it
She read the novel, but she didn’t understand it
The conjunction ‘because’ is used to join sentences to show reason
She didn’t go to school. She was sick
She didn’t go to school because she was sick
Her mother flogged her. She stole the meat
Her mother flogged her because she stole the meat
The conjunction ‘so’ is used to join sentences to show purposes
Take the umbrella. You won’t get wet by the rain
Take the umbrella so you won’t get wet by the rain
Wash your clothes. You won’t look dirty
Wash your clothes so you won’t look dirty
There are other examples of conjunctions which can also be used the same way as those stated above
They are: since, as, after, before, and when
I trust you all understood this all…
Okay! Let practice
Identify the conjunctions in the following sentences
- I came here because I wanted to see you
- Write down the note so you won’t forget it
- James and John are singing
- she ate the food since she was hungry
- as she didn’t see her, she came back home
- I will see you before I leave
- Make sure you send it after work
- I saw her when she left
- She got the job after the interview
- It’s been long since she left
Answer
- I came here because I wanted to see you
- Write down the note so you won’t forget it
- James and John are singing
- she ate the food since she was hungry
- as she didn’t see her, she came back home
- I will see you before I leave
- Make sure you send it after work
- I saw her when she left
- She got the job after the interview
- It’s been long since she left
Let’s do more!
Join the two sentences together with a conjunction
- She came in. knocking
- She went home. Work
- Send me the file. Work
- I was hungry. I cooked
- The company shut down. There was no productions
- She wasn’t using the laptop. I took it from her
- It was raining. I took the umbrella
- I went to the party. She invited me
- The dress was tight. It tore
- I was going to the market. I saw her on the way
Answers
- She came in after knocking
- She went home after work
- Send me the file before work today
- I was hungry so I cooked
- The company shut down since there was no productions
- She wasn’t using the laptop so I took it from her
- It was raining so I took the umbrella
- I went to the party because she invited me
- The dress was tight so It tore
- I was going to the market when I saw her on the way
Now practice this
- She was eating. She was hungry
- She cut the cake. she didn’t eat it
- I came here because I wanted to see you
- She walked home since she couldn’t get a cab
- The book was torn so she couldn’t see most of the words
- Paul and peter are running home
Thanks for this lesson and for reading my article on conjunctions and I know it was really helpful to you. In our next lesson, we will talk about interjections… till then, Goodbye!
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