17 de septiembre de 2010

Conjunctions

Hola a todos!

una conjunción es una palabra o un conjunto de palabras que enlazan oraciones o sub-oraciones.

Podemos agrupar las conjunciones en COORDINATIVAS y SUBORDINATIVAS, entendiendo por coordinativas aquéllas que unen palabras u oraciones de la misma categoría y subordinativas, las que unen una oración principal y una subordinada.

CONJUNCIONES COORDINATIVAS

and
, y /now, ahora bien /but, pero /still, no obstante /yet, sin embargo /only, sólo que /
while
, mientras / so, así que / so then, por tanto / for, pues / either... or..., o... o... / neither... nor..., ni... ni... / however, no obstante / therefore, por lo tanto / nevertheless, sin embargo


CONJUNCIONES SUBORDINATIVAS

that, que / because of, debido a / since, ya que, puesto que / as, pues, como / so that, a fin de que /
lest, para (que) no / if, si / unless, a menos que
although, though, aunque / while, en tanto que /
until, hasta que / as if, as though, como si / when, cuando / why, por que /
in order that, para, a fin de que / whether... or, si... o

Y después de un poco de TEORÍA... manos a la obra!

Conjunctions

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  1. Do you think this is something ___ can be learned?
    a. who
    b. that
    c. X (the conjunction can be omitted)
  2. Don't go out ___ you've finished your work.
    a. as
    b. while
    c. until
  3. Make sure you close all the windows ___ it starts to rain.
    a. after
    b. before
    c. for
  4. I think I know ___ he left the job.
    a. why
    b. until
    c. where
  5. ___ I had known how much I would disappoint him, I woudn't have done it.
    a. Whether
    b. When
    c. If
  6. ___ you see me, get in the car.
    a. As soon as
    b. While
    c. Whether
  7. My friend John, ___ lives in California, has a car with a New York license.
    a. whose
    b. who
    c. that
  8. It's usually quite simple to cross the border between the USA and Canada ___ these two countries have friendly relations.
    a. yet
    b. and
    c. because
  9. ___ a university professor returns from a sabbatical leave, he should be better qualified.
    a. Until
    b. When
    c. Even though
  10. She's ___ a snobbish person ___ nobody likes to be with her.
    a. such...that
    b. such...as
    c. so...that