Coordinated: Using Coordinated Conjunctions

Summary
A review lesson about conjunctions with a particular focus on coordinating conjunctions and how they are used.

Objectives
• to review the meaning and function of conjunctions;

• to review the unique definition and function of coordinating conjunctions;

• to test students? knowledge and understanding through appropriate exercises.

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. There are three types of conjunctions

1. coordinating
2. subordinating
3. correlative

Even though they sometimes use the same words, the different types of conjunctions are used in different ways. Let?s take a closer look at coordinating conjunctions.

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