1. Conjunctions & Interjections
9th Grade

2. Interjections
Interjection – a word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation. It has no grammatical connection to other words. Well, such is life. Ouch! That hurts. Ah, that’s delicious! Sh! Be quiet.

3. Conjunctions
Conjunction – a word that joins single words or groups of words Coordinating conjunction – joins words or word groups that have equal grammatical weight in a sentence Correlative conjunctions – work in pairs to join words and word groups of equal weight in a sentence

4. Coordinating Conjunctions
And
But Or
Nor
For
Yet so

5. Coordinating Conjunctions
Examples
The Cardinals have won 18 National League Titles and they have won 11 World Series Championships as well.
The Rangers have been to the World Series twice, but they have failed to win a championship.
The Cardinals must win tonight or they will be eliminated.
The concept of The Force is fascinating, for Darth Vader returns to the “good side” before he dies.

6. Correlative Conjunctions
Both And
Neither nor
Either or
Not only but (also)
Just as so
Whether or

7. Correlative Conjunctions
Examples
Mizzou excels not only in football but also in basketball.
Either turn in your typed essays or fail the course.
The Lexus 400h is both luxurious and stylish.
In 2011, the St. Louis Rams could neither pass effectively nor run decisively.

8. Subordinating Conjunctions
Introduces a subordinate, or dependent clause, one that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
The audience cheered when Lady Gaga appeared on the stage.
Wherever she appears, people flock to see her perform.

9. Subordinating Conjunctions
After
As though
Provided (that)
Until
Although
Because
Since
When As
Before
As long as
Whenever
As far as
Considering (that)
So that
Where
As if If
Than
Whereas
Inasmuch as
Though
Wherever
As soon as
In order that
Unless
While

10. Subordinating Conjunctions
Whenever these subordinate conjunctions are followed by a subject and a verb, their clause is dependent and cannot stand alone as a sentence.
Dependent clauses are sentence fragments. Therefore, every time you see one of the subordinate conjunctions followed by a S and V, that clause is a fragment and must be corrected.

11. Conjunctive Adverbs
Definition: a conjunctive adverb separates independent clauses in place of a coordinate conjunction.
In place of and use furthermore, moreover
In place of but use nevertheless, however, nonetheless
In place of so use consequently, therefore, thus, hence
To give an example use for example

12. Conjunctive Adverbs
Examples
The third-down pass failed; therefore, we had to punt.
John Steinbeck’s novels are interesting; furthermore, they pay tribute to common people.
Al Pacino was nominated for an Academy Award; he did not, however, win the Oscar for his performance.
Jesus expects us to love our enemies; for example, He does not want us to seek revenge on those who hurt us.

13. Review Identify the type of conjunction in the following sentences:
Central has brilliant students, but none of them are female.
You will fail unless you complete all your assignments.
Our next President will be either a Democrat or a Republican.
We allowed six touchdowns yesterday; hence, we lost the game.