Conjunction: A word that links two words, phrases or clauses together. Here's another review lesson to help you practise some of the basics of English.
Choose the correct conjunction for each sentence. Then why don't you make some of your own sentences using the conjunctions to help you revise.
Lesson by Caroline
Conjunctions are words that join clauses into sentences. One is enough to join two clauses.
Using conjunctions to join short clauses into longer sentences makes English more fluent!
For example: I like to have a cup of coffee as soon as I wake up.
Choose the expression which best completes the sentence. Sometime two are possible.
Lesson by Amanda Pooley, EC Cape Town English language school
Compare the following comparative sentences:
"I'd like to go to either Spain or Italy."
"The problem is I have neither time nor money.'
The prepositions during, for, and while are often used with time time expressions. Let's take a look at the difference in usage between during, for, and while.
'He carefully held his granddaughter.'
Adverbs are used to give us more information and are used to modify verbs, clauses and other adverbs.
The difficulty with identifying adverbs is that they can appear in different places in a sentence.
'We'll catch our flight as long as we leave soon.'
Take a look at this sentence:
"I will go if it is free."
(If it is free, I will go.)
In this sentence we can change if to as long as and it keeps the same meaning:
