Conjunctions 3 - Find the Conjunctions

"We hand over the ticket to the doorman AND go through that door."

"He held it up so THAT everyone could see it."

In these two sentences we see AND being used as a coordinating conjunction and THAT being used as a subordinating conjunction. The more common subordinating conjunctions are 'after, although, as, because, before, if, since, so, than, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, whereas, wherever,' and 'while'. That's rather a lot of words!

Both types of conjunctions – coordinating and subordinating conjunctions - can be used in the same sentence and sometimes more than once! Take a look at this sentence:

‘Anamika never liked cakes, ALTHOUGH they smelled AND looked delicious.’

Here two conjunctions are used in the same sentence. Let us look at this sentence more closely. You will note that in the sentence the subordinate clause gives some indication as to the relationship between Anamika not liking cakes and the fact that cakes look and smell delicious. The subordinating conjunction links the subordinate clause with the main clause and we get a clearer picture of Anamika’s dislike for cakes.

Conjunctions help us to put our message across in a better manner and highlight if any conditions are present. Take this quiz and familiarise yourself with more conjunctions.