Grammar - Conjunctions - Introduction

Conjunctions

Read the following paragraph paying attention to the highlighted words.

Last week Pavan visited the village where his grandmother lives. He went there with his father and mother. His sister did not join this trip nor his brother. His brother and sister wanted to visit their grandmother but they could not because they had classes to attend. His grandmother’s village can be visited by bus or by train. Whenever they visit the village, they travel by train they always decide to go by train for it is comfortable and also it is a long journey. On that day the train was to leave by 6 o'clock in the morning so they left home even before the dawn. The train was ready to leave when they reached the station. The guard blew the whistle and then he waved the flag so they hurried to the train. As soon as they got in the train started to glide forward. Both Pavan and his mother found seats together but his father had to sit away from them. Pavan saw many things while travelling through many cities. It was a very enjoyable journey. Many vendors got in when the train stopped at stations. His father bought a packet of Kadala and some wade. They were very delicious.  He watched many things on the way he saw green and beautiful mountains, paddy fields, waterfalls, rivers and brooks with clear blue water. There were not only men and women at work in the fields but also people engaged in different activities. He also saw many plants and trees they were full of flowers and fruits.  They passed low grassy lands and they saw differ animals too. Therefore Pavan felt neither dull nor lethargic during the entire journey. The journey was very enjoyable.

Those highlighted words in the above paragraph join or bring together either some words, phrases or sentences.

 Examples

He went there with his father and mother.

 The words: father and mother are joined together with and

 

His grandmother’s village can be visited by bus or by train.

 

The phrases: by bus and by train are joined together with or

 

The train was ready to leave when they reached the station.

 

The sentences: The train was ready to leave and they reached the station are joined together with when

 

Such words are called Conjunctions

 A

Conjunction

is a word that

Joins

two words, two phrases or two clauses

 

According to the definition above

conjunctions connect words:

 

He went there with his father and mother.

His brother and sister wanted to visit their grandmother

 

conjunctions connect phrases:

 

His grandmother’s village can be visited by bus or by train.

His father bought a packet of Kadala and some wade.


conjunctions connect clauses:

(Clauses are simple sentences)

The train was ready to leave when they reached the station.

The train was ready to leave.

They reached the station.

Are independent clauses because they can stand as independent sentences

 

 

 The guard blew the whistle and then he waved the flag.

The guard blew the whistle.

He waved the flag.

Are also independent clauses because they can stand as independent sentences


 Remember!

A clause is a complete or a part of a sentence which has a main verb therefore it contains a subject and predicate of its own.

 

 

There are different classes of conjunctions.

 

Coordinating Conjunctions

Correlative Conjunctions

Subordinating Conjunctions


Let’s see what are the Coordinating Conjunctions that we can use to link two or more items. They are,

       and                    then

       but                     ye

       or                     nor

      so                     for

 

 

These conjunctions links words, phrases or clauses of equal grammatical type or the ideas that has equal importance.

 

Let’s see what are the Subordinating Conjunctions that we can use to link two or more items.

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