1. Prepositions and Conjunctions

2. Prepositions describe relationships between elements within sentences
They convey the following relationships:
Place: at, on, by, opposite
Direction: towards, past, out of, to, through
Time: at, before, in, on
Comparison: as…as, like
Source: from, out of
Purpose: for

3. Conjunctions
aka connectives or joining words
two types

4. Co-ordinating Conjunctions
Link lexical units (words) of equal value:
and
but or
neither … nor
either … or

5. Subordinating Conjunctions
join a subordinate clause to a main clause
often give info on when, where, how or if an action takes place
a clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction cannot stand alone

6. Identify the Conjunctions:
I love going to the theatre because it brings the play alive.
Whenever we visit France, I remember that first holiday.
I want to study at the moment, so that I can go to university.
I go to restaurants where I can get a good vegetarian meal.
If they travel at a reasonable speed, they should be here by evening.
The woman looked as if she was about to shout.
While she loved her new home, she still yearned for her old cottage.

7. Some of the main subordinating conjunctions:
Time: when(ever), while, as, before, until, after, since, once, when
Place: where, wherever
Purpose: so that, in order that
Reason: because, as, since
Condition: if, unless
Contrast: although, while, whereas
Comparison: as, than, like, as if, as though

8. Insert the most appropriate conjunction in the numbered spaces:
the doctor hurried from one bed to another, the nurses went about their tasks calmly. They had beds to make medicine to allocate, it was all part of their daily routine they were accustomed to being shorthanded, they found ways to divide the tasks they were really busy, things went quite smoothly.
The ward was full at the moment, they all knew that there were at least two patients waiting for admission. It always seemed to happen these days a bed was vacated, it was stripped and filled within half an hour the nurses looked, they saw the need for more beds, more facilities and, above all, more nurses they had to cope with the cuts, they had to think only of the job in hand. It was not worth wasting energy on bewailing the conditions in which they had to work, they needed all their strength to cope with their long shifts. It was better working on a production line, surely!