This conjunction connects two ideas that are opposite of each other. Do not confuse it that junk in your trunk.
What is But
100
In English as well as many other languages, this part of speech comes before a position. It shows a relationship between a noun and another word.
What is Preposition
100
This part of speech replaces nouns
What is a Pronoun
100
This type of verb tells the status or state of being of a subject. It is not an action.
What is Linking Verb
100
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a Noun
200
This handy word can help you more easily memorize the coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What is FANBOYS
200
Two of the most common kinds relationships that prepositions can show. If you remember the legendary Pokemon Dialga and Palkia, this will help.
What is Time and Space
200
The type of pronoun that points to something specific: This, that, these, those.
What is a Demonstrative Pronoun
200
The Verb "to be" takes these forms when used in the present tense with different persons. I ____, you ____, He/She/it _____.
What is am, are, is
200
The words "for" or "but" can be conjunctions, but they can also be this part of speech.
What is a Preposition
300
This conjunction is probably the most common of them all. It connects ideas that are in the same groups, ideas that go in order, and even sentences that go together.
What is And
300
The noun that follows a prepositional phrase will never be this very important part of the sentence.
What is the Subject
300
Who, Whom, Which, That, Where, and When are examples of this kind of pronoun
What is a Relative Pronoun
300
Take a verb and instead of using it as a verb, use it as an Adjective or Adverb to describe something and you get this form. It sounds like the word Particle.
What is a Partciple
300
This famous West Coast hamburger restaurant's name is made up of a preposition, a conjunction, and the opposite preposition.
What is In N Out
400
In School House Rock, this line from the song helps you remember what the job of a conjunction.
What is Conjunction Junction What's your Function
400
Since Prepositional phrases describe stuff, they will always function as these two parts of speech also do.
What is Adjective or Adverb
400
Many of the relative pronouns can also be used as this kind of a pronoun. The word sounds like something the government does to captured terrorists to get more information from them, question by question.
What is an Interrogative Pronoun
400
Take a verb, add an ING ending and use it as a noun, and I get this form
What is a Gerund
400
A transitive verb transfers the action to this type of noun
What is a Direct Object
500
This special group of conjunctions is known for being two parts. They are sometimes hard to spot because they are interrupted by the things they are joining.
Either...or...
Neither...nor...
Both...and...
Not only...but also...
What is Correlative Conjunction
500
In modern English, the Old English Thou, Thee, and Thy are replaced by which two second person pronouns
What is You and Your
500
The tense of the verb "had been trying"
What is Past-Perfect Progressive
500
Lots of 4 letter swear words would fall into the category of this very loud and emotional part of speech.