Conjunction

A  conjunction is a word that joins two or more words, phrases, or clauses.

Example 1: Kelsey and Mariah play softball together.

Example 2: Tommy wanted to ride bikes, but it was about to rain.

Here is a problem you can work on.

What is the conjunction in the sentence?

My mom said "Should we have soup or spaghetti for dinner?"

See if you can come up with some sentences with conjunctions to describe the two pictures. Here is one to get you started:
To make your model solar system, you can glue the planets or you can hang them up.

Pictures taken by Daejha

To learn more about conjunctions, visit these web sites:
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/conjunct.html
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/coordinatingconjunction.htm

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