How To Identify Conjunctions

The word is probably a conjunction if it is a connector between words, phrases or clauses. Like prepositions, there are only a limited number of conjunctions in English. Common examples are: and, but, or, yet, for, so, because, since, as, when, while, after, before, that, whether, if etc.

• My brother and I enjoy playing badminton.
• She is very beautiful but no one likes her.
• He was ill, yet he went to work.
• Ice will melt if you heat it.
• I went home because I was bored.

There is yet another category of connectors. Examples are: who, whom, which, that, where and whose. These are not exactly conjunctions. In grammars they are called relative pronouns.

Exercise

Identify the conjunctions in the following sentences.

1. I waited for him but he didn’t come.
2. I am not sure if I will have time.
3. She started shouting before I said a word.
4. Will you wait here until I am back?
5. You are going to eat this whether you like it or not.
6. She was both surprised and excited.
7. Though it was a brilliant idea, it did not succeed.

Answers

1. I waited for him but he didn’t come.
2. I am not sure if I will have time.
3. She started shouting before I said a word.
4. Will you wait here until I am back?
5. You are going to eat this whether you like it or not.
6. She was both surprised and excited.
7. Though it was a brilliant idea, it did not succeed.

See Also

• Simple past tense worksheet for grade 6
• Tenses exercise for class 10 CBSE
• Simple present tense worksheet for grade 6
• Past perfect tense worksheet for grade 6
• Change negative sentences to affirmative sentences without changing meaning
• A or An worksheet for class 3
• Prepositions exercise for class 10 CBSE