LINKING WORDSANDSO

BECAUSE

Look at the following sentences and see how they

are connected

Positive PositiveI study English I have class

everyday

I study English AND I have class everyday

AND is used to join two or more ideas that are related.

Positive NegativeI am married I don’t have children

I am married BUT I don’t have children

BUT is used to join a positive and a negative sentence or two contrasting ideas.

What you do Why you do itI study English I need it for my job

I study English BECAUSE I need it for my job

BECAUSE is used to give the reason why you do something

Now is your turn!!!! Complete the following

sentences using and, so , because.

Take notes of your answers in your English notebook

a. At weekend I go to the cinema _____to the disco

b. I don’t like coffee _______ I like tea.

c. They  don’t go to the cinema often ___ they watch a lot of videos at home

d. We need to buy a new laptop __________ the old one is not working

e. I visited my grandmother ________ gave her flowers

LET’S CHECK YOUR ANSWERS….

ARE YOU READY??

a. At weekend I go to the cinema and to the disco

b. I don’t like coffee but I ike tea.

c. They  don’t go to the cinema often but they watch a lot of videos at home

d. We need to buy a new laptop because the old one is not working

e. I visited my grandmother and gave her flowers

Now, help me complete this text about my

childhood memories by writing

AND, BUT, BECAUSE

When I was a little girl my aunt gave me a bike 1.____ a doll as her Christmas presents. I really wanted a bike 2.____all my friends had one 3. ____ I didn’t. That was the happiest Christmas I remember!!!! One day, there was a fat woman who came to my house to visit my grandma 4.___ she said: What a beautiful bike!! Can I use it? When I said NOOOOO, she was already using my it. Obviously she broke it 5.___ she was so heavy. That was the saddest day I remember 6.____ I just have to continue playing with my doll 7.____ my aunt didn’t buy a new one for me.

LET’S SEE THE COMPLETE TEXT AND CHECK YOUR

ANSWERS

When I was a little girl my aunt gave me a bike 1._and a doll as her Christmas presents. I really wanted a bike 2. because all my friends had one 3. but I didn’t. That was the happiest Christmas I remember!!!! One day, there was a fat woman who came to my house to visit my grandma 4. and she said: What a beautiful bike!! Can I use it? When I said NOOOOO, she was already using it. Obviously she broke it 5. because she was so heavy. That was the saddest day I remember 6. and I just had to continue playing with my doll 7. because my aunt didn’t buy a new one for me.