Usingconjunctionstoexpresstime,placeor

cause.

VerbsAverb indicateswhatsomeoneorsomething

isdoing,feelingor being.Heclimbs.

Thespideriscrafty.Thevillagersdespair.

Isawhim!

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VerbPhrasesAverbphrasecanbeasingleverborastringofverbs.

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Theotheranimalsthink heistricky.

Hehashad allsortsofadventures.

Hehasbeencausing problemsforeveryone.

ClausesClauses aregroupsofwordswithaverbphrase anda subject.

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Ananse lives inavillage.Helooks likeaspider.Theotheranimalsthink heistricky.

Hehashad allsortsofadventures.

Conjunctions arewordsthatjoinclauses intosentences.

Heisextremelyunusualbecauseheisaspiderman.

CLAUSE CLAUSECONJUNCTION

Conjunctions

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Conjunctions fortimeConjunctionshelpusexpresstime,place andcause.

Hedroppedthepot… When?while hewasclimbing.

after hehadalmostreachedthetop.

when hestartedtoshowoff.

Tryaddingyourownclausestoexpresstime.

Hedroppedthepot…

Hedroppedthepot…

When?

When?

Conjunctions forplaceConjunctionshelpusexpresstime,place andcause.

Thepotbroke… where ithittheground.

where thepeoplehadbeencheering.

where itfell.

Tryaddingyourownclausestoexpressplace.

Wherever isusefulformoregeneralstatements.Youfindmesswherever youhaveapuppy.Iliketotakephotoswherever Igo.Toddlersleavestickyfingerprintswherever theyplay.

Thepotbroke…

Thepotbroke…

Where?

Where?Where?

ConjunctionsConjunctionshelpusexpresstime,place andcause.

Ananse wasashamed… Why?because hehadnotsucceeded.

since everyonehadseenhimfail.

as hehadbeensofoolish.

Tryaddingyourownclausestoexpresscause.

Ananse wasashamed… Why?

Ananse wasashamed… Why?

Conjunctions arewordsthatjoinclauses intosentences.Conjunctions

assosince

because wherewhereverbefore

whensinceuntilaswhile

afterCause PlaceTime

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