Conjunctions and Sentence Types

Identifying conjunctions

100

IDENTIFY THE CONJUNCTION:

She returned the computer after she noticed it was broken.

AFTER

200

IDENTIFY + SPECIFY THE TYPE OF CONJUNCTION:

While Tom reads novels, Jack reads comics, but Sam only reads magazines.

WHILE (subordinating)

BUT (coordinating)

300

IDENTIFY + SPECIFY THE TYPE OF CONJUNCTION:

She doesn’t like cartoons because they are loud, so she doesn’t watch them, but she forces herself to sit through them for her baby brother’s sake.

BECAUSE (subordinating)

SO (coordinating)

BUT (coordinating)

Fill in the missing conjunction

100

She covered up the large coffee stain in her sketchbook with an elaborate doodle _____ she submitted it to her art teacher for checking.

BEFORE

200

____ Megan preferred the comic books, she watched the movies, _____ she thought they were good.

ALTHOUGH, AND

300

Usually, I take a walk every day _____ the sun sets, _____ it was raining today, _____ I had to take a break.

WHILE, BUT, SO

What type of sentence is this?

100

After they left on the bus, Mary and Samantha realized that Joe was waiting at the train station.

 Complex

200

The old books stacked on the wooden desk had green covers, black spines, and yellow pages that made a crinkling sound when turned.

Simple

300

Eren peered into the bottle, but, although Armin kept trying to explain it to him, he couldn’t figure out what coconut aminos were.

Compound-complex