Conjunction s Articles & Interjection s!

What is a conjunction? Some words are satisfied spending an evening at home, alone, eating ice- cream right out of the box, watching Seinfeld re-runs on TV, or reading a good book. Others aren't happy unless they're out on the town, mixing it up with other words; they're joiners and they just can't help themselves. A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects (conjoins) parts of a sentence.

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Other conjunctions: Because When Until Unless And If Although whenever

Let’s look at some examples: Most Halo missions are challenging and fun. The gold is hidden at the beach or by the lakeside. Harry was late to the train, so he missed it and had to take the Weasley’s magic car. The creepers like to bother your castle, but don’t like fire. Elsa’s favorite pastime is building snowmen, yet she doesn’t like the snow.

What is an article? There are only three articles: a, an, and the. They are very small words which cause very large problems if used incorrectly. If, for example, you wanted someone to hand you the book, but you accidentally said a book, the other person might take some time to go shopping for a book they thought you’d like. While one can never have too many books, work doesn’t get done if we go book shopping every time we need to look up a word in the dictionary. *Hint: They come before a noun!

Let’s look at some examples: Hagrid bought Harry an owl, and Harry named him Hedwig. The jellybean flavors were strange. The end of Mockingjay: Part One had a suspenseful ending.

What is an interjection? It often expresses strong feelings or emotions. gives a command or fills a silence. It usually begins a sentence, but sometimes it may interrupt a sentence or be at the end of a sentence. Most mild interjections are set off from the rest of the sentence with a comma or set of commas. If the interjection is more forceful, however, it is followed with an exclamation mark.

Let’s look at some examples: I won the lottery! Wow! Oh dear! I don’t know what to do about this mess. Good grief! Why are you wearing shorts in the winter? Hmm, I'm not so sure. Well, what did he say? Ah, now I understand. “Oh come, now, you don’t mean to let on that you like to do chores?”

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