Grammar: A2 - ✨ Grammar Essentials: 🏗️ Sentence Structure - Expanding - Lesson 7: "and," "but," "or" - Review and expansion in compound sentences
Grammar: Coordinating Conjunctions B1 Lesson 18: Joining Ideas with 'And', 'But', & 'Or' What you will learn: By the end of this lesson, you will be able to correctly use the conjunctions 'and', 'but', and 'or' with a comma to create compound sentences.
Joining Sentences To make our writing more interesting, we can join two simple sentences (or independent clauses ) together to make one longer, more complex sentence. These are called compound sentences , and we use special joining words called conjunctions to connect them. ➕ Adding Ideas with 'And' Use and to connect two similar or related ideas. Example: He is a tour guide , and he knows a lot about history. ➖ Contrasting Ideas with 'But' Use but to connect two different or opposite ideas. Example: I wanted to see the sunrise , but it was too cloudy. ❓ Showing a Choice with 'Or' Use or to show two different possibilities or choices. Example: We can go to the museum , or w…