Studying Grammar Like Crazy!

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Level of difficulty
1 elementary
5 intermediate
9 advanced
Conjunctions
and, but, nor, or, etc.
Introduction, co-ordinate
1 - 3
Explanation and discussion:
Conjunctions are words that join words, phrases, clauses or sentences together. There are several types, but in this lesson we will look at 'simple' conjunctions.

Basically, there are two types of simple conjunctions, those that 'join' words together, called additive or copulative and those that contrast or disjoin words, called contrasting or disjunctive. If you think like a mathematician, then

  • the former are like a + b
  • while the latter are like a - b or a <> b.


Example(s):

Types of co-ordinate conjunctions:

additive or copulative

contrasting or disjunctive

also

likewise

but

neither

other

and

moreover

either

nevertheless

otherwise

besides

then

else

nor

still

both

.

however

or

yet

additive or copulative

contrasting or disjunctive

 

The manager and her assistant made it to the meeting Thursday.

The manager, but not her assistant, made it to the meeting Thursday.

-or-

The manager made it to the meeting Thursday, but not her assistant.

Both of us were invited to the party.

Neither one of us were invited to the party.

Good students do their classwork first, then they pursue their recreational activities.

Bad students pursue their recreational activities even though they have yet to do their classwork.

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Exercise(s):
Note: Due to a bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer, you must click next question for the first question. This does not happen in Netscape. In any browser, click on the [a], [b] or [c] for the answer and the next question button to see the next question.

     
     
     


Tries:    Right - Wrong Answers:
For this exercise, consider 7 or better "Great", 5 or better "Very Good", 3 or better "Good" and 2 or better "OK". Remember the score is RIGHT minus WRONG. Zero or less, please study some more.