Adventurous Ahmed gets to grips with conjunctions.
Conjunctions.
Conjunctions connect two or more words, clauses or sentences together.
Words like ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘because’.
They work a bit like this chain connects the gate to the fence. The fence keeps the tiger on one side and everyone else on the other side.
'And' is a conjunction. It connects the two clauses together. Take these two clauses.
‘Ahmed often visits the zoo. He can pet the animals.’ He can link them with a conjunction. Ahmed often visits the zoo so he can pet the animals. ‘So’ is the conjunction connecting ‘Ahmed often visits the zoo’ to ‘he can pet the animals’.
We can have more than one conjunction to connect multiple words, clauses and sentences.
Ahmed pets the llamas and the bunnies but not the tiger because the tiger is unfriendly.
Ahmed was having a lovely day at the zoo until the chain came loose. ‘Until’ is a conjunction connecting ‘Ahmed was having a lovely day’ to ‘the chain came loose’.
So remember, conjunctions connect two or more words, clauses or sentences together.
Oh dear.
Video summary
Part of a series of animated films following a cast of characters’ adventures and mishaps as they get to grips with grammatical terms.
In this film, Adventurous Ahmed’s day out at the zoo is interrupted by a faulty lock and a temperamental tiger – and he learns the hard way the importance of conjunctions.
This clip is from the series Grammar for 11-14 year olds.
Teacher Notes
Provide students with a piece of text and complete a gap fill exercise where students select the most appropriate conjunction.
Create a conjunction word mat that can then be used when writing.
This clip is suitable for teaching English at Key Stage 3 or Third Level.
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