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5. The chemist shop is the grocery store and the beauty parlour.
6. It is my holiday next month. I am going Shimla.

7. The child got lost all the people in the ground.
8. The helicopter flew the open field.

Conjunctions

Conjunctions are linking words that connect words, groups of words and sentences.
There are mainly two types of conjunctions which we will discuss here—coordinating
conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions. Let us find out more about them.

Coordinating Conjunctions

A coordinating conjunction is used to join words, groups of words or sentences that are
equally important. Some important coordinating conjunctions are and, as well as, both,
but, yet, or, so, therefore, hence and for.

Examples: 1. She is punctual as well as hardworking.

2. They often go on road trips, but they rarely travel
by train.

3. We might shift to a coastal area, or we might
choose to live on the mountains.

4. The nurse is well trained, so she can look after the
patients well. (to show a cause and its effect)

5. The doctor spoke to the patients nicely for he did not want them to panic.
(‘for’ means ‘because’)

Subordinating Conjunctions

A subordinating conjunction is used to join a dependent clause with the main clause
of a sentence.

Some subordinating conjunctions are that, who, which, when, if, where, though,
although, till, until, whether, because, as and since.

Examples: 1. The teacher told us that Monday would be a holiday.

2. I met an interesting person who studies birds.

3. We will go for a movie if I get the tickets.

Note: We discussed clauses in the first chapter of this book.

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