Connectors (or Conjunctions)

Connectors (or Conjunctions)

1. A joining word used to add another point of information to a sentence

   • Co-ordinate
     • Regular connecting words
       • but, for, yet
         • You were laughing 'but' I was really sad
         • I didn't believe it, 'for' I had seen a different point of view
         • You look so happy, 'yet' so sad.
   • Subordinate
     • They are clauses that join on the end of a sentence that depend on a subject
       • until, whenever, before
         • I will be waiting 'until' you finish your homework
         • I play basketball 'whenever' I have time
         • I never had any trouble 'before' I met you
   • Correlative
     • Paired conjunctions
       • whether..or, as...as
         • I am unsure 'whether or' not I want you here
         • That meal was 'as' cheap 'as' chips!