Después de aprender Going to / Future Continuous, en está lección aprenderemos Conjunctions.
Las palabras que conectan palabras, frases, cláusulas u oraciones se llaman Conjunciones (Conjunctions). Los más comunes son «and«, «or» y «but«. Todas estas palabras tienen diferentes matices y connotaciones, pero todas ayudan a construir relaciones significativas dentro de una oración.
Conjunctions List
Hay solo unas pocas Conjunciones (Conjunctions), pero estas palabras cumplen muchas funciones: presentan explicaciones, ideas, excepciones, consecuencias y contrastes. Aquí hay una lista de conjunciones comúnmente usadas en inglés americano:
- And (y)
- As (como)
- Because (porque)
- But (pero)
- For (para / por)
- Just as (tal como)
- Or (o)
- Neither (ningún, ninguno, ninguna)
- Nor (ni)
- Not only (no solo)
- So (y / enconteces)
- Whether (ya sea)
- Yet (aún / todavía)
Examples of Conjunctions
- I tried to hit the nail but hit my thumb instead
- I have two goldfish and a cat
- I’d like a bike for commuting to work
- You can have peach ice cream or a brownie sundae
- Neither the black dress nor the gray one looks right on me
- My dad always worked hard so we could afford the things we wanted
- I try very hard in school yet I am not receiving good grades
- I go to the park every Sunday, for I love to watch the ducks on the lake.
- I watch the ducks on the lake and the shirtless men playing soccer.
- I don’t go for the fresh air nor for the ducks; I just like soccer.
- Soccer is entertaining in winter, but it’s better in the heat of summer.
- The men play on two teams: shirts or skins.
- I always take a book to read, yet I never seem to turn a single page.
- I’m dating one of the players, so I watch the soccer game each week.
- I go to the park every Sunday, for I love to watch the ducks on the lake.
- I watch the ducks on the lake and the shirtless men playing soccer.
- I don’t go for the fresh air nor for the ducks; I just like soccer.
- Soccer is entertaining in winter, but it’s better in the heat of summer.
- The men play on two teams: shirts or skins.
- I always take a book to read, yet I never seem to turn a single page.
- I’m dating one of the players, so I watch the soccer game each week.
En la próxima lección aprenderemos Stative Verbs.
