ENGLISH QUIZ ( CONJUNCTIONS)

 A Conjunctionis a word which merely joins together sentences and sometimes words.

For example: 
                          1. The man is poor but he is honest.

2. Hari and Rama came home together.

3.This is the place where he was murdered.

Conjunctions are of three (3) types.

(i) Correlative Conjunctions: These are used in pairs. They cannot be used alone.

For example:

Either …………….. or.

Either obey my order or leave the house.

Neither …………… nor.

He is neither wise nor honest.

Both ……………….. and.

Both Ram and Sohan were present.

Though ……………  Yet.

Though he is poor, yet he is honest.

So …………………… that.

He is so weak that he cannot walk.

Whether ……………. or.

I do not care whether you sit or stand.

Not only …………….. but also.

He is not only foolish but also obstinate

Hardly/ scarcely …… when.

Hardly had he stepped out, when it started raining,

As …………………….. so

As you sow so shall you reap.

(ii) Co – ordinating Conjunctions: A co- coordinating conjunction joins together clauses of the same parts of the speech means adverb – adverb, noun – noun, adjective –adjective.

The Chief co- ordinating conjunctions are: -else, and, but, for, or, nor, also, yet, etc.

For example:

 We carved not a line and we raised not a stone.

All precautions must have been neglected for the plague spread rapidly.

(iii)Sub- ordinating Conjunctions: A Sub- ordinating conjunction joins a clause to another or which it depends for its full meaning. The chief sub- ordinating conjunctions are: after, because, if, that, although, though, till, before, unless, as, when, where, what, who, why etc.

For example:

1. After the shower was over the sun shone out again.

2. I do not know why he left us.