Conjunction Notes-1 (Level-2)

Conjunction-Study Notes-1

Look at the sentences:

1. Ravi is my friend.

2. Sheila is my friend.

We can join the two sentences in the following way:

Ravi AND Sheila are my friends.

AND – joining word – CONJUNCTION.

Some more examples:

1. Dogs are pet animals.

Cats are pet animals.

Dogs AND cats are pet animals.

1. Camels can carry load.

2. Donkeys can carry load.

Camels AND donkeys can carry load.

Uses of and:

1. To join words/sentences of equal importance, value or quality.

Example:

The horse AND the cow are domestic animals.

(Horse - cow - both domestic animals. So, equal importance. So “AND”)

2. We bought a banana, an apple, an orange, a peach, a pear, a kiwi fruit AND some grapes.

(Names of fruits = members of a list. So, last member separated with AND)

3. The cup AND saucer is new.

4. I bought a new salt AND pepper set.

5. They sell cups AND saucers, knives AND forks, AND plates AND bowls.

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