1. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit--Conjunctions & Interjections Conjunctions and Interjections

2. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit--Conjunctions & Interjections Conjunctions A conjunction joins words or groups of words Three Types: –Coordinating Conjunctions –Correlative Conjunctions –Subordinating Conjunctions

3. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit--Conjunctions & Interjections Coordinating Conjunctions join equal parts of a sentence –And –But –Or –Nor –For –So –Yet

4. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit--Conjunctions & Interjections Coordinating Conjunctions Examples: –The students studied the novel and the poetry. –I looked for her, but she left a long time ago.

5. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit--Conjunctions & Interjections Correlative Conjunctions conjunctions used in pairs Common Correlative Conjunctions: –either…or –neither…nor –both…and –not only…but also

6. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit--Conjunctions & Interjections Correlative Conjunctions Examples: – Either the principal or the teacher will listen to your concern. – Both the brother and the sister enjoyed the family reunion.

7. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit--Conjunctions & Interjections Subordinating Conjunctions Introduces a subordinate clause (a clause that cannot stand alone) We will talk more about these when we learn about clauses

8. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit--Conjunctions & Interjections Interjections An interjection is a word that expresses emotion and has no grammatical relation to other words in the sentence –Interjections that show strong emotion are followed by an exclamation point. –Interjections that show mild emotion are followed by a comma.

9. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit--Conjunctions & Interjections Interjections Common Interjections: –Well –Ouch –Wow –Oh Examples: – Well, I just don’t know. – Ouch! That hurt!

10. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit--Conjunctions & Interjections Assignment On a separate sheet of paper, please rewrite the following sentences. Number your paper 1-13 and identify every conjunction and its particular type. Extra credit if you can identify the interjection. The number in parenthesis tells you how many conjunctions are in that sentence.

11. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit--Conjunctions & Interjections 1.I bought myself a new computer and a recycled printer. (1) 2.Either I am very thrifty or very stupid. (1) 3.Some might wonder why I would buy an old printer and a new computer. (1) 4.My answer to this question is both simple and complex. (1) 5.I am both thrifty and very stupid. (1)

12. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit--Conjunctions & Interjections 6. I try to save money yet I am constantly wasting it because I have to repair the machine and buy new parts. (2) 7. One would think that I would swallow my pride and just buy a new printer. (1) 8. I really want a printer that is impressive and affordable. (1)

13. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit--Conjunctions & Interjections 9. Neither my wife nor I believe this dream to be practical, so I will just hope and wait for this product to be invented. (3) 10. Oh! It will never happen, or will it? (1)