Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Nine, Lesson Three: Conjunctions

  1. plant
  2. chant
  3. hunt
  4. hint
  5. winter
  6. spent
  7. liquid
  8. substance
  9. solid
  10. sugar
  1. helium
  2. unidentified
  3. flying
  4. object
  5. space
  6. hoax
  7. area
  8. saucer
  9. alien
  10. landing
Conjunctions

The three most commonly used conjunctions are: 


	and		or		but
Conjunctions are used to join phrases or words. Here are three more commonly used conjunctions: 
                                                                                
        if		because		as soon as
Here are some sentences containing conjuctions (underlined). 

  Jill has a cold and she doesn't feel like going out.

  Jack is going to go to the movies if he can get some money.

  Jane and Jasper are going to go for a walk or play in the park.

  Jed wants to go to a restaurant because he is hungry.

  Jeff wants to go, but he doesn't have any money.

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