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Target 7: Joining Sentences with Conjunctions

A SIMPLE SENTENCE has one verb and one main idea (one complete piece of
information).
Here are some examples:

It ate my breakfast. I watched TV.

Fiona got up early. She was going to London.

Peter sat at his desk. He opened his book. He began to read.

Using only simple sentences would make writing dull. To make your writing more
interesting, simple sentences can be joined together to make a COMPOUND
SENTENCE.

Look at how the simple sentences above can be

joined together to make compound sentences:

I ate my breakfast while I watched TV.

Fiona got up early because she was going to London.

Peter sat at his desk then opened his book and began to read.

The sentences have been joined together by using the words ‘while’, ‘because’,

‘then’ and ‘and’.

Words that join sentences together are called CONJUNCTIONS.

SIMPLE SENTENCE + CONJUNCTION + SIMPLE SENTENCE = COMPOUND SENTENCE

Here are some more conjunctions:

after although as but for

if or so so that since

than though unless until when

where whereas whether while yet

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