Question

Questions 1–9: Identify the conjunctions in the following sentences. Label each one as coordinating, correlative, or subordinating.
1. I left my car at the garage, but I will pick it up tonight.

2. Andrews and McMillan were the first two engineers at the company.

3. I will take our visitors to the theater, provided that you buy the tickets.

4. Commuting may get bad because either rain or snow is expected tonight.

5. The Barkers will be pleased if their dinner is a success.

6. We won’t have the manuals on time unless we get them to the printer tomorrow morning.

7. Both typewriters and word processors are needed in many offices.

8. Richard will come early since he has to set up his projection equipment.

9. Rose will attend the conference, although she will arrive late.

Answer 1

1. I left my car at the garage, but (coordinating) I will pick it up tonight.

2. Andrews and (coordinating) McMilan were the first two engineers at the company.

3. I will take our visitors to the theater, provided that (subordinating) you buy the tickets.

4. Commuting may get bad because either (correlative) rain or (correlative) snow is expected tonight. (Either and Or are correlative conjunctions.)

5. The Barkers will be pleased if (subordinating) their dinner is a success.

6. We won't have the manuals on time unless (subordinating) we get them to the printer tomorrow morning.

7. Both (correlative) typewriters and (correlative) word processors are needed in many offices. (Both and And are correlative conjunctions.)

8. Richard will come early since (subordinating) he has to set up his projection equipment.

9. Rose will attend the conference, although (subordinating) she will arrive late.

Coordinating conjunctions connect words and groups of words

For example:

• I want to be a teacher or a singer.

Or is a coordinating conjunction because it connects the nouns                        "teacher" and "singer"

Correlative conjunctions are pairs of conjunctions. Like coordinating conjunctions, they connect words and groups of words.

For example:

• A marine biologist's work seems neither easy nor monotonous.

Neither and Nor are correlative conjunctions because they connect the adjectives "easy" and "monotonous."

A subordinate conjunction performs two functions within a sentence. First, it illustrates the importance of the independent clause. Second, it provides a transition between two ideas in the same sentence. The transition always indicates a place, time, or cause and effect relationship.

For example:

• We looked in the metal canister, where Ginger often hides her candy.

Where is a subordinating conjunction because it describes the place Ginger often hides her candy.  "Where" does Ginger often hide her candy? In the metal canister.

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