ENG/G/2: JOINING WORDS “AND” “BUT”

 JOINING WORDS “AND” “BUT”

Conjunctions are joining words e.g “and” and “but”

“And” is used to join two words or sentences of different sense.

“But” is used to join two sentences to make one big sentence of the same sense e.g A fork and a knife.

John is standing. Jane is standing.  – John and Jane are standing.

He bought a book. He bought a pencil. – He bought a book and a pencil.

Mary paid for cakes. Mary paid for bread. – Mary paid for cakes and bread.

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I am a boy. She is a girl.  – I am a boy but she is a girl.

Suzan is skipping. John is sitting. – Suzan is skipping but John is sitting.

Mary is happy. Sarah is sad. – Mary is happy but Sarah is sad.

Topic: Homophones

Homophones are words with the same sound but different in meaning e.g

heart – hurt                            hard – heard – had                         weak – week             their – there

cat – cut                     were – wear – where                       to – two – too sun – son

fur – far                      rich – reach                                       buy – bye – by          pepper – paper

some – sum              hole – whole                                     knot – not                  meat – meet

write – right               waist – waste

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Topic: puzzle

Across 1 BAG                                                    Across 1 CAT

Across 2 CUP                                                    Across 2 PEN

Down  1 HAT                                                     down 1 CUP

Down 2               TEN                                                    Down 2 TEN

Topic: adjectives

Adjectives are words that describe nouns or add to their meaning. e.g good, tall, small, fat.

Topic: adjectives

adjectives are used in sentences.

Joan is a good girl.

It is a small ball.

They are big fruits.

He is a short man

Tom has a long pencil.

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