Class 7 English Grammar Chapter 15 The Conjunction. A Conjunction is a word that joins words and sentences together. Conjunctions are also called Linkers or Connectors. There are mainly three types of conjunctions. Coordinate Conjunctions, Subordinate Conjunctions and Correlative Conjunctions. Definitions of three types of conjunctions with examples of each type.

Class 7 English Grammar Chapter 15 The Conjunction and its Kinds

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Cumulative or Copulative Coordinate Conjunctions

By these Conjunctions one statement or fact is simply added to another.

AndTrust in God and do the right.
As well as He as well as his brother is intelligent.
No less than He is no less guilty than his brothers are.
Not only- but also He was not only punished but fined also.
Both and He was both punished and fined

Alternative or Disjunctive Coordinate Conjunctions

By these Conjunctions an alternative or choice offered between one statement or the other.

Either or Either or he is mad he feigns madness.
Neither nor Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
Otherwise, else Work hard otherwise/else you will fail
Or She must weep or she will die.

Adversative Coordinate Conjunctions

These Conjunctions express opposition or contrast between two statements.

But He is slow, but he is steady.
Still, yet He is still/yet poor he is honest.
Nevertheless, yet He worked hard nevertheless/yet he failed.
Whereas, while Wise men love virtue; whereas fools shun it.
Only You may stay in the room; only make no noise.
Subordinate Conjunctions

The examples for the uses of Time – when, after, as soon as, while, till, until, as long as, before, etc., as a Subordinate Conjunction are given below.

Before I would die before I lied.
While Make hay while the sun shines.
After I returned home after the sun set.
As soon as He will do it as soon as he comes.
Untill Wait here untill I return.
When I found it when I was walking to school.
Subordinate Conjunctions Examples

The examples for the uses of Cause or Reason- because, since, as, for, that etc., as a Subordinate Conjunction are given below.

BecauseI love her because she is beautiful.
Since I will go there since you desire it.
As Let us go to bed as it is twelve.
For I cannot see for it is very dark.
Correlative Conjunctions

Certain Conjunctions are often used in pairs. These are called Correlative Conjunctions.

Either – or He is either a rogue or a fool.
Neither – nor Ramu is neither a rogue nor a fool.
Both – and He is both poet and painter.
Such – as There is no such country as you mention.
So – that She was so tired that she could heardly stand.
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Last Edited: January 27, 2022