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1.8 Parts of Speech - Part Two

Use More Conjunctions

Rainbow eating unicorn
Rainbow-Eating Unicorn by Larry Wentzel via Flickr

A subordinating conjunction shows a relationship between two parts of a sentence.

 after  although  as  as if  as long as  as though
 because  before  even if  even though  if  if only
 in order that  now that  though  till  unless  until
 when  whenever  where  whereas  whenever  while

Example: Ruaraidh was late for school. (This is a simple sentence.)

Ruaraidh was late for school because his flying unicorn kept stopping to snack on rainbows. (Woah! That's a more complex and tasty sentence.)

Now go to your Descriptive Writing Journal and complete "Journal #4: Active Adjectives, Prepositions, and Conjunctions".