Conjunction Worksheets

Words that connect other words, sentences, phrases, or even sentences are refered to as conjugates. Without the use of conjunctions, if you ever ran into a complex idea you would need to express it using several sentences. These are considered joiner words or word groups that link things together. There are three basic forms on conjunction. They are seen as an essential part of speech and writing. They make language flow naturally. In this section of our site, we bring you this skill as an introductory activity and the more advanced sheets that focus on grammatical usage and mechanics. When you truly get a handle on this topic, you will notice that it improves your writing and your overall ability to be able to communicate your thoughts to other people. There are many different worksheet topics on conjunction available for you below. Just click on the worksheets to view and print it.


Beginning Conjunction- Where to get started with this topic. It offers a nice foundation for students to build up from.

Combining, Expanding, and Reducing Sentences- They help in all three forms of sentence revisions, but combining sentences is where they really thrive.

Common Forms of Conjunction- This is the nuts and bolts of it all. You will get to understand what each form is and how to use it.

Correlative Conjunctions- When you have two or more in a sentence, they are referred to as correlative.

Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunction- These are very helpful for grouping your clauses together and making stable sentences.

Interjections- When you want to express a great deal of emotion, these are your go-to! They have the unique ability to often fall in line with grammar and syntax well.

Parallel Structure- These words come in really handy for these worksheets. We will work on helping you to write with this in mind.

Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences- Your compound sentences will often have a practical use for these words.

Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions- The form of punctuation that these words are often found near.

What Are the Basic Forms of Conjunction?


Coordinating Conjunction is what we commonly think of conjunction as. In this form words, phrases, and clauses are grouped together to form a grammatical equal. Conjunctions in this form are always found just in the middle of the needed linking words. A common example might be the sentence: Math and Science are my favorite classes. In this sentence the word "and" provides the conjunction. In most cases, like we see here, additional punctuation is not before coordinating conjunction.


When we would like to link together two clauses subordinating conjunction is used. This form always introduces the dependent clause and describes the relationship between the dependent and independent clauses. These conjugates are usually located at the beginning of the sentence or somewhere in the middle and almost always have a comma placed before them. An example sentence could be: It was bright on the beach, so I wore my sunglasses.


When we need to pair conjunctions together to pair two equal sentence elements together we use correlative conjunction. The most common pairs are: either/or, both/and, so/as, and whether/or. A prime example of the sentence: I can't decide whether to have vanilla or chocolate ice cream.


What Are The Common Forms Of Conjunction?


In the English language, words that are used to form a joining link between a group of words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence are known as conjunctions. The basic purpose of them is to form a coherence between the two related parts of a sentence so that the whole sentence can convey a clear meaning to the readers. There are seen an indispensable part of those long sentences that will otherwise convey an unclear and vague meaning if they are not used properly.


The most common examples of conjunctions include and, or, but, yet, because, etc. and all of these are marked as different types depending on the functions they serve in a given sentence. Here are some of the most common forms of conjunctions that are used in everyday spoken and written English language:


Coordinating Conjunction


These are the most used form of conjunctions. Their function is to join words, phrases, or clauses of similar grammatical nature together in a sentence. They can also be used to link two or more words together. There are only seven coordinating conjunctions in the English language. They include: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so. The word "FANBOYS" can be used as a acronym reference to remember all these conjunctions accurately.


Subordinating Conjunction


These are used to link a dependent or subordinate clause to an independent or main clause in a sentence. Most commonly used examples of these words are: since, although, before, because, how, if, before, etc.


Correlative Conjunctions


They occur in pairs and are used to join those sentence elements together that are of same nature and have a complementary relationship among them. Examples of such conjunctions include either - or, neither - nor, so - as, not only- but also, etc.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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