[PDF] connectives and conjunctions examples

What are the two types of connectives?

The two kinds of connectives that children will primarily encounter are the coordinating conjunction and the subordinating conjunction. A coordinating conjunction is used to link two independent clauses. For example: I love roller coasters and I adore log flumes are independent clauses.

What are the different types of conjunctions?

There are several different types of conjunctions that do various jobs within sentence structures. These include: Subordinating conjunctions – Also known as subordinators, these conjunctions join dependent clauses to independent clauses.

What are coordinating and subordinating conjunctions?

The two main types of conjunctions are coordinating (words such as and and but) and subordinating. Subordinating conjunctions (e.g. because, if, when, in order to) link a subordinate clause to a main clause. Temporal subordinating conjunctions are words such as when, while, before, after, until, once, as soon as.

What is a conjunction adverb?

A conjunction is a type of connective (a term for any word that connects bits of text). In this case, conjunctions are used in order to link two parts of a sentence together. The most common conjunctions are the words and, but and or. Connectives can be connecting adverbs as well as conjunctions.