English Grammar: “Subordinating Conjunctions”

Subordinating Conjunctions ABA English

Hello again! Ready for part 3: Subordinating Conjuctions? If you want to check out past posts: – Introduction to Sentence Connectors – Coordinating Conjunctions – Correlating Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions connect a dependent clause and an independent clause and establish a relationship between them. They happen at the beginning of a sentences (with a comma in [...]

Teacher’s Tips: “To be used to, to get used to, used to” Part II

Vic Get Used To

Hello, How are you today? What kind of person are you? Are you one of those people who find it easy to get used to new situations? As usual, I have included the new words in blue and you can check them at the bottom of the page. Usually English teachers like ourselves live in [...]

English Grammar: “Correlative Conjunctions”

Correlative Conjunctions English Grammar

We have already looked at Coordinating Conjunctions. Now we’ll continue with Correlative Conjunctions. These conjunctions connect equal sentence elements together (like two nouns) and are always composed by two words. Addition Alternative Cause-Effect Comparison Condition Contrast Both…And Either…Or So..That As…As Whether…Or not  Neither…Nor Not only…Also Neither…Nor Such…That More…Than Not only…But also Rather than Less…Than And…Too [...]

English Grammar: “Coordinating Conjunctions”

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Remember our Introduction to Connectors? Let’s look deeper into the first category: Coordinating Conjunctions. These conjunctions connect words, phrases and clauses. They are usually found in the middle of a sentence with a comma (,) just before the conjuction, or at the beginning of the sentence. Addition Alternative Cause-Effect Condition Contrast And or so  or [...]

English Grammar: “An Introduction to Sentence Connectors”

Sentence Connectors

Sentence Connectors are a great way of improving your English. Why? Because we use them to express relationships between ideas and to combine sentences. When we begin learning a language, we speak in very basic sentences, a bit like children. Example: “London is a very exciting city. London is very expensive.” As we learn more [...]