Conjunction Roundup

Summary
A review lesson about conjunctions, prepositions, clauses, and phrases.

Objectives
• to review the definitions of different types of conjunctions;

• to review the definitions of phrases and clauses;

• to provide definition for prepositional phrases and objects of a preposition.

Suggested Grades
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade

Excerpt
What part of speech connects words, phrases or clauses? A conjunction of course.

Conjunctions are joining words. Although they may use some of the same words, different conjunctions are used in different ways. There are three main types:

1. Coordinating conjunctions. These conjunctions join equal parts together: words with words, phrases with phrases, and clauses with clauses. They can also join two independent clauses together to make a compound sentence, which is a sentence made from two independent thoughts. The most common coordinating conjunctions are:
and, but, for, nor, or, so, and yet.

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