Question

conjunction English class 7​

Answer 1

CBSE Class 7 English Grammar – Conjunctions or Sentence Connectors

Definition of Conjunction

A conjunction is a word that joins two words, two sentences or two clauses together,
e.g.

Pride and honour, (‘and’ is a conjunction joins the words pride, honour).

She is a singer.
He is a dentist.
She is a singer, but he is a dentist.
(Conjunction ‘but’ here join two sentences).

The poor had died before the government distributed food.
(‘Before’ here is a conjunction which is joining two sentences).

Types of Conjunctions

There are five types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, sub-ordinating conjunctions, compound conjunctions and linking adverbs and transition words.
1. Coordinating Conjunctions
The coordinating conjunctions are used to connect words, phrases and clauses of equal ranks. The coordinating conjunctions include : (and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so).

And: It is used to combine two words, sentences or ideas,
e.g.

I like to drink tea and coffee.

He eats cake, chocolate, pastry and chips.

But: It is used to connect to contrast ideas,
e.g.