Teacher Guide / Instructions
Coordinating conjunctions connect items that are the same grammatical type - such as words, phrases, and clauses. They can join two: verbs, nouns, adjectives, phrases, or independent clauses.
We most commonly use: and, or, but
• Do you prefer eating pizza or pasta?
• The girl was very intelligent and very
good at sports.
• We can go to the sea but we can't go swimming today.
Some coordinating conjunctions have two parts: either/ or, neither/nor, both/and
• For our holiday vacation, we can go to either the beach or the mountains.
• Neither Jane nor Emma had been to London before.
• Both dolphins and sharks live in the ocean.
Teacher Guide
Coordinating conjunctions connect items that are the same grammatical type - such as words, phrases, and clauses. They can join two: verbs, nouns, adjectives, phrases, or independent clauses.
We most commonly use: and, or, but
• Do you prefer eating pizza or pasta?
• The girl was very intelligent and very
good at sports.
• We can go to the sea but we can't go swimming today.
Some coordinating conjunctions have two parts: either/ or, neither/nor, both/and
• For our holiday vacation, we can go to either the beach or the mountains.
• Neither Jane nor Emma had been to London before.
• Both dolphins and sharks live in the ocean.
Teacher Guide
Coordinating conjunctions connect items that are the same grammatical type - such as words, phrases, and clauses. They can join two: verbs, nouns, adjectives, phrases, or independent clauses.
We most commonly use: and, or, but
• Do you prefer eating pizza or pasta?
• The girl was very intelligent and very
good at sports.
• We can go to the sea but we can't go swimming today.
Some coordinating conjunctions have two parts: either/ or, neither/nor, both/and
• For our holiday vacation, we can go to either the beach or the mountains.
• Neither Jane nor Emma had been to London before.
• Both dolphins and sharks live in the ocean.