DEFINITION: words that connect things CHARACTERISTICS: Subordinating conjunctions can come at the beginning or middle of a sentence. Coordinating conjunctions cannot start a sentence. They help make sentences smoother and longer. Sometimes you need a comma when you use them. EXAMPLES: BOYSFAN (but, or, yet, so, for, and, nor) although, because, before, if, after, since, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, while NON-EXAMPLES: up, down, left, right, the, a, an... CONJUNCTIONS

sentences simple subject+predicate one independent clause compound subject+predicate,FANBOYSsubject+predicate two independent clauses complex subject+predicatesubordinatingsubject+predicate independent and dependent clause

coordinating conjunction connecting an independent clause to the beginning coordinating conjunction connecting an independent clause to the end subordinating conjunction at the beginning subordinating conjunction in the middle I was grounded all weekend, so Saturday was a bummer. Saturday was a bummer, and Sunday wasn’t much better. Although Saturday was a bummer, it was better than being in school. Saturday was a bummer because I didn’t get to see my friends. Saturday was a bummer. compound complex

simple, compound, or complex 1._____ Mr. Potato Head has taught Tater (his tot) to be polite whenever he meets an older tuber. 2. _____ Mr. Potato Head knows his nose. 3. _____ Because Tallulah is always on her toes, her arches have fallen. 4. _____ Dudley purchased a car without the frills, but he soon decided it needed a steering wheel. 5. _____ A sitting duck has better luck if it learns to duck. 6. _____ Norman can’t walk and chew gum, but he can hop and eat lamb chops. 7. _____ Miles smiles when he eats slimy limes. 8. _____ Shaneika eats a pan of brownies before she takes a nap.