บทที่ 9- Conjunctions

( 9)  CONJUNCTIONS Conjunctions join words, phrases and sentences together. Conjunctions joining words: Example: I have a car and a house. Conjunctions joining phrases: Example: The fisherman is happy walking along the beach and carrying a bucketfull of fish. Conjunctions joining sentences: §  ¨ He walked to his car. He got into it.. He walked to his car and got into it. §  ¨ Will you have tea? Will you have coffee? Will you have tea or coffee? §  ¨ She is tired. She cannot sleep. She is tired but she cannot sleep. Besides ‘and', ‘or' and ‘but', other common conjunctions include: because, if, so,although, unless, therefore, etc. Conjunctions can join nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Example: I have a pen and a book. (Joining two nouns) He joked and we laughed. (Joining two verbs) She is beautiful and tall. (Joining two adjectives) He eats quickly and noisily. (Joining two adverbs)