Posts Tagged ‘conjunction’

Conjunctions – find the mistakes

January 21st, 2012 in English Quiz

Each sentence given below contains a mistake. Find the mistake and correct it.

1. Because I was tired, so I decided to go home.

2. As you know, that I work very hard.

While as a conjunction

May 28th, 2011 in Improve English

As a conjunction while means ‘during the time that’, ‘for as long as’, ‘at the same time as’ and similar ideas.

Common errors in the use of some conjunctions

January 21st, 2011 in Common Mistakes

Incorrect: The car either dashed against a goat or a donkey.
Correct: The car dashed against either a goat or a donkey. (either + noun + or + noun)

Before as an adverb and conjunction

October 12th, 2010 in Improve English

Before as an adverb

As an adverb before means ‘at any time before now”. In British
English, before is commonly used with a present perfect tense.

Some conjunctions and their uses

September 15th, 2010 in Improve English

Since

As a conjunction since means ‘from the past time when’.

Where have you been since I last saw you?
It is one week since we arrived here.
I have never seen him since I left that city.

Conjunctions Exercise

February 12th, 2010 in English Grammar, English Learning

Conjunctions are words that join together sentences, and sometimes words. There are mainly two types of conjunctions – coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions.

Correct Use of Some Conjunctions (Continued…)

February 12th, 2010 in English Grammar, English Learning

Except and unless

The conjunction except does not mean the same as the conjunction unless.