Grammar for Writing

Grammar for Writing Learning Objective: How sentences can be joined using conjunctions.

A conjunction helps us join two short sentences together to make a longer one. The cat is brown. Conjunction The cat is fat. The cat is brown and the cat is fat.

With more precise writing we have to think about using other conjunctions. Read the following letter with your partner. Focus on the underlined words.

Dear Mr Agard and Ms Nichols, I like the book you wrote called Caribbean dozen. I say one of the poems while I am skipping. I’ve been saying that poem since I was four but now I say the version in your book. I look at the book everyday sothat I can learn the last verse. Mrs Bradley reads us poems when we have finished our work. Martin likes the one about the chocolate bars because it is only five words long. I like writing poems though I’m not as good at it as Sheena. I am better if nobody bothers me. I couldwrite you a poem about my friend’s hamster or I could draw Mrs Bradley’s cat for you. I like the picture of the rabbit and I like the poem too. I want a rabbit but I am not allowed one. Love from Gina

Here is a list of the conjunctions we have just read: and, while, since, but, so that, when, because, though, if, and or.

Try and join these ‘simple’ sentences using the list of conjunctions to make a ‘complex’ sentence. The cat is brown. and, while, since, but, so that, when, because, though, if, and or. His mother was brown. I like playing football. I’m not as good as my friend. I have not had much sleep. My brother started to learn the drums.

Well Done! WELL DONE! We understand how to write a complex sentence using conjunctions.

Grammar for Writing