Success Criteria

• I will understand the difference in meaning between and, but, so &

• I will determine which to use each word to join two complete sentences

Cojunctions help us join two complete sentences, they help us to show the relationship between our ideas

And Joins two sentences or words

Notice both sentence are complete and could be written separately.


You can connect these ideas because it is still about the same idea - chocolate.

But (Pero, مګر) joins two different ideas

Notice both sentence are complete and could be written separately without using BUT.

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Joining them makes you sound more fluent AND shows contrast and difference.

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If you write these as two sentences, sometimes the ideas don't look connected. .

Or - gives a choice between two options

We use this to ask questions, or offer choices.

Notice you don't cut any words just write OR and make the 1st letter lower case.

So - tells us why something happened.

We use this to connect a problem with a solution or cause and effect (causa y efecto).

• Do not use a comma

• Make sure you add the subject (who) after because

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Because
Is also a conjunction that explains why

The girl has balloons because she wants to give her mom a birthday present.

You decide- which conjunction should you use?

• And - adds another idea that is similar

• But - shows opposite, or different ideas

• Or - shows a choice

• So - shos cause and effect

  
  Because doesn't use a comma and tells a reason why