Coordinating Conjunctions FANBOYS Conjunctions connect ideas and lengthen

Coordinating Conjunctions FANBOYS Conjunctions connect ideas and lengthen sentences.

Coordinating conjunctions • FANBOYS: Middle of the sentence. Do not begin a sentence with these. FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET SO

COMPOUND SENTENCES • FOR AND SO SHOW CAUSE AND EFFECT • I’m dumping you, for you stopped taking showers. • You stopped taking showers, so I’m dumping you. • Equal parts

I am dumping you for not holding my hand. (simple) I am dumping you, for you do not hold my hand.

Cause and Effect The Dodgers will win the World Series, for they have the best pitchers. The Dodgers have the best pitchers, so they will win the World Series.

examples I didn’t get enough sleep, so I am tired, for I did not get enough sleep. I went to sleep late, so I am tired. I went to sleep late and feel tired. (simple sentence does not need a comma)>

But yet show contrast • BUT AND YET SHOW CONTRAST • I like your dog, but it smells. • I like your dog, yet it slobbers. • I think you’re great, but I need time to be alone. • I need to have time alone, yet I’m going to keep you around until prom. •

but and yet show contrast I like ham, but I dislike chocolate. I like______, yet I dislike __________. I like ketchup but not tomatoes. (simple)

AND- ADDs MORE INFORMATION • I like your dog, and I hope I can get one just like it. • After school I will go to the dentist, and he will clean my yellow teeth. • After school I’m going to eat a snack and do homework. (simple) • After school I’m going to eat a snack, and I will do my homework. (compound)

After school I will go to the store and buy stuff. After school I will go to the store, and I will buy stuff.

Or shows choice • OR-choice • I might buy a golden retriever, or I will steal a Labrador from my neighbor’s yard. I might go to the beach, or I might watch baseball.

Nor –two negative choices • Nor- two negative choices. • Edwin doesn’t like homework, nor does he like tests. • I don’t like homework, nor do I like people stepping on my white shoes in the hall. • • •

Subordinating conjunctions often show cause/effect. • • • Before you go, sign the logbook. Sign the logbook before you leave. Because I studied, the test was easy. The test was easy because I studied. He asked if he could leave early. If I leave early, I will miss the test. • By adding a subordinating conjunction, the independent clause becomes a dependent clause.

SWABI Subordinating conjunctions • • • A subordinating conjunction is a word that introduces an adverb clause. Since While Although If Because

after although • as if • as long as • as much as as soon as • as though because • how if • if only • inasmuch as in case • in order that in the event that just in case • lest

Subordinating conjunctions after although • as if • as long as • as much as as soon as • as though because before by the time even if even though every time • how if • now that • once only if • rather than since so that • than • that the first time though • till unless

Conjunctive adverbs-9 th grade • Need a semicolon and a comma. • It was raining; nevertheless, we went hiking. • I do not like dog hair; therefore, I will not allow you have a dog.

Conjunctive adverbs • Conjunctive Adverbs • Use conjunctive adverbs to: • indicate a connection between two independent clauses in one sentence • link the ideas in two or more sentences • show relationships between ideas within an independent clause. • It was raining; nevertheless, we went hiking. •

Conjunctive adverbs • • • • • Examples of Conjunctive Adverbs: also however otherwise consequently indeed similarly finally likewise then furthermoreover therefore hence nevertheless thus nonetheless