CONJUNCTIONS

Using conjunctions adds sophistication to sentences. Rather than using two very simple sentences such as, “The monkey climbed the tree,” and “The monkey threw down a banana,” combine them by using the conjunction and: “The monkey climbed the tree and threw down a banana” is a more sophisticated sentence. Make good use of the conjunctions for combining ideas. Types of conjunctions : Coordinating conjunctions are single connecting words used to join grammatical units of the same class, rank or pattern. Common coordinating conjunctions are: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so . FANBOYS . They can join two verbs, two nouns, two adjectives, two phrases, or two independent clauses. For used as a coordinating conjunction means “for the reason that” or “because”. Example: The children were tired for they had run a long distance. And (in addition to) is used to join words or sentences that show a similar idea. Example: Two and two are four. I have a pencil and an eraser. Nor...