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Conjunctions
Lexis - Conjunctions
Lexis - Conjunctions
Conjunctions are the joining words that hold sentences together. These can be either coordinating or subordinating.
Coordinating conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions
- Coordinating conjunctions will work to join two of the same clause together (think co-operation) and these are conjunctions like ‘and’, ‘or’, ‘but' and ‘yet'.
- The acronym ‘FANBOYS’ can help you to remember them:
- For.
- And.
- Nor.
- But.
- Or.
- Yet.
- So.
Coordinating conjunctions - examples
Coordinating conjunctions - examples
- I love her for she is beautiful.
- I need to go to the shops and I need to get my nails done.
- She is not kind nor is she polite.
- I am tired but I am coming to your birthday party.
- We can go to the club or we can go home.
- James is very clever yet he never applies himself to his studies.
- I bought a new car so I can drive to work.
Subordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions
- Subordinating conjunctions will join a main clause and a subordinate clause together.
- These include 'until', 'because' and 'before'.
Subordinating conjunctions - examples
Subordinating conjunctions - examples
- I liked Patrick until he broke my necklace.
- Because you have annoyed me, I am going home.
- Before lunch, I will write a postcard.
- Although I practice a lot, I am very bad at chess.
1Language Levels
1.1Assessment Objectives
1.2Lexis
1.2.1Introduction
1.2.2Common, Proper, Abstract & Concrete Nouns
1.2.3Collective Nouns
1.2.4Adjectives
1.2.5Main, Auxiliary & Copular Verbs
1.2.6Dynamic & Stative Verbs
1.2.7Transitive, Intransitive, Active & Passive Verbs
1.2.8Mood of Verbs
1.2.9Adverbs
1.2.10Personal, Possessive & Reflexive Pronouns
1.2.11Relative & Demonstrative Pronouns
1.2.12Determiners
1.2.13Conjunctions
1.2.14Synonyms, Antonyms & Phonological Features
1.2.15End of Topic Test - Lexis
1.3Grammar
1.4Semantics & Pragmatics
1.5Discourse Structure, Graphology & Orthography
2Language, The Individual & Society
2.1Children’s Language Development
2.2Children's Language Development - Theories
2.3Literacy Development: Reading
3Language Diversity & Change
3.1The Importance of Gendered Language
3.2Social Groups
3.3Occupational Groups
3.4Accents & Dialects
3.5Language Change
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1Language Levels
1.1Assessment Objectives
1.2Lexis
1.2.1Introduction
1.2.2Common, Proper, Abstract & Concrete Nouns
1.2.3Collective Nouns
1.2.4Adjectives
1.2.5Main, Auxiliary & Copular Verbs
1.2.6Dynamic & Stative Verbs
1.2.7Transitive, Intransitive, Active & Passive Verbs
1.2.8Mood of Verbs
1.2.9Adverbs
1.2.10Personal, Possessive & Reflexive Pronouns
1.2.11Relative & Demonstrative Pronouns
1.2.12Determiners
1.2.13Conjunctions
1.2.14Synonyms, Antonyms & Phonological Features
1.2.15End of Topic Test - Lexis
1.3Grammar
1.4Semantics & Pragmatics
1.5Discourse Structure, Graphology & Orthography
2Language, The Individual & Society
2.1Children’s Language Development
2.2Children's Language Development - Theories
2.3Literacy Development: Reading
3Language Diversity & Change
3.1The Importance of Gendered Language
3.2Social Groups
3.3Occupational Groups
3.4Accents & Dialects
3.5Language Change
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