Subordinating Conjunctions # Grammar For IELTS
Subordinating conjunctions are of the following type-:
- TIME
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These are conjunctions which are used when you want to join two sentences to emphasize on time. Examples are -: before, till, since, while, after…
Two months have passed since she left the college.
I usually return home after 10 pm. - EXTENT OR MANNER
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These conjunctions are used when the emphasis is on the way of doing things. Examples are-: according, as.
The players are chosen according to a certain criteria.
You will reap as you sow . - CONCESSION OR CONTRAST
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These conjunctions are used two join two statements which contrast (oppose) each other. Example-: although, though, however.
The story is good however the writer is not able to portray it well.
He is an honest person although very poor.
He is very happy though he is poor. - COMPARISON
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The conjunction is used when you are required to compare two sentences. Examples are-: as, as much as, than.
She is more intelligent than him.
I love it as much as you do. - RESULT OR CONSEQUENCES
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The conjunction is used to explain the consequence of the other sentence.
She cried so much that she fell ill.
CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS-: Conjunctions that are used in pairs are called correlative conjunctions.
- EITHER… OR
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He is either manipulative or extremely dumb.
Either her sister is murderer or her brother. - NEITHER .. NOR
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It is neither correct nor neat.
You are neither intelligent nor smart. - THOUGH .. YET
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Though I gave her all the equipments yet she failed to do it correctly.
Though she loved her yet never showed it. - BOTH …. AND
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She is both a writer and a businesswomen.
She is both beautiful and intelligent. - NO SOONER……. THAN
- No sooner did the bell ring the children left the class.
- SUCH… AS
- There is no such place as you tell.
- SUCH… THAT
- Such was his admiration for her that he left everything for her.
- AS…. AS
- It is as bright as the sun.
- AS… SO
- As the parents are so is the child.
- SCARCELY… WHEN
- She had scarcely recovered from the disease that she met with accident.