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Joining Words with ‘so’, ‘and’, ‘or’, ‘but’




                                             Joining words or Conjunction
                                                Word used to join parts of a
                                                         sentence
                                                   Exa:  and, so, or, but.











                   We use 'and' to          We use 'but' to         We use 'or' to        We use 'so' for
                   combine similar              show a              show a choice             showing
                    ideas or to add          difference or         between two or         consequence of
                     information.           opposite ideas.         more option.             something.










                      His favourite                                 Would you like          He was very
                       snacks are           I eat cakes but             cake or            hungry, so he
                       cakes and              I never eat              biscuits?             ate all the
                        biscuits.               biscuits.                                      cakes.








                       Learning objective: The students will be able to learn about joining
               words like so, and, or but.


               Words that  join two nouns, verbs, adjectives, fragments or sentences
               together are called joining words.

                     Words like and, or, so and but are joining words.
                     With live examples these words can be used to join
                       sentences.

                       For example- I play guitar. I play piano.
                                                I play guitar and piano.
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