Conjunctions

Uses & Examples

and

To join words and phrases of the same kind.

1. Laili loves scuba diving.
2. Laili loves to go hiking. 

These are the two things that Laili loves.

Combine:

Laili loves scuba diving and hiking.

To join two sentences.

Puan Rohana took the chicken out of the freezer. She cleaned the chicken.

Combine:

Puan Rohana took the chicken out of the freezer and cleaned the chicken. 

or

To connect two or more choices. The listener would have to choose one of the options.

(a) Would you like to have vanilla or chocolate ice cream?

(b) You can take a bus or a train to get to the famous café.

but

To join ideas that are opposite or different.

(a) Alia is lazy but she always scores in the examination. 

(b) My dad likes jogging, but my mum likes hiking. 

so

To show the result of an action.

(a) It started to rain, so we cancelled the trip to the beach.

(b) She didn’t know how to read the map, so she got lost.

because

To show a reason.

(a) We study hard because we want to get excellent results.

(b) We can't go to Julia's party because we're going away that weekend.