Question

A. Combine these pairs of sentences using a suitable coordinating conjunction.
1. Gagandeep helps people in need. When he needs help, no one comes
forward.
2. Farah does not like cooking. She does not like eating. but
3. Tara's brother likes to cook. His mother does not allow him to.
4. The parrot puffed up its feathers. It began to sing.
5. Debodeep has to make up his mind. He will have to continue to suffer.
6. Tarun scored good marks in the admission test. He got into his favourite
college.
7. Nyasa is extremely happy these days. Her teacher praised her for her
project.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Gagandeep helps people in need but when he needs help, no one comes forward.

2. Farah does not like cooking as well as eating.

3. Tara's brother likes to cook food but his mother does not allow him to.

4. The parrot puffed up its feathers and began to sing.

5. Debodeep has to make up his mind orelse he will have to continue to suffer.

6. Tarun scored good marks in the admission test and got into his favourite college.

7. Nyasa is extremely happy these days because her teacher praised her for her project.

Answer 2

The answers are as follows:

1. Gagandeep helps people in need, yet, when he needs help, no one comes forward.

2. Farah does not like cooking nor does she like eating.

3. Tara's brother likes to cook but his mother does not allow him to.

4. The parrot puffed up its feathers and it began to sing.

5. Debodeep has to make up his mind or he will have to continue to suffer.

6. Tarun scored good marks on the admission test so he got into his favorite college.

7. Nyasa is extremely happy these days for her teacher praised her for her project.

Conjunctions

• Conjunctions refer to the joining words that help in joining two or more sentences. It forms an element of the Parts of Speech.

• There are various kinds of conjunctions, like coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions.

• Coordinating conjunctions refer to the conjunctions that help in joining words and phrases together in a coordinating manner. We have seven coordinating conjunctions. They are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

• Subordinate conjunctions help in joining a dependent clause to an independent clause. Some examples of subordinate conjunctions are because, since, though, and so on.  

• Correlative conjunctions refer to phrases of conjunctions like either or, neither nor, as soon as, and so on.

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