Mini-Lesson: Coordinating & Subordinating Conjunctions

They help connect ideas and make writing flow smoothly.

They make sentences longer.

They add more nouns to a sentence.

They change the tense of verbs.

after

for

since

but

If you study hard, you will pass the test.

Because it was raining, we stayed inside.

After the storm passes, we will go to the beach.

I like apples, and I like oranges.

even though

nor

while

yet

My mother traveled to Japan, so she knows how to speak Japanese.

The dog ran after the cat, but he did not catch up.

I saw the movie, but I did not enjoy it.