Grammar Workshop
Coordinating and
Correlative Conjunctions
What You’ll Learn:
• How to identify Coordinating and Correlating
Conjunctions in a sentence.
Why It’s Important:
• To further your understanding of Grammar and
Sentence Structure.
• So you will know how to identify Conjunctions and
Interjections.
Coordinating Conjunctions:
A Coordinating Conjunction connects words or phrases
in a sentence.
The words and, but, or, for, and nor are Coordinating
Conjunctions.
These Conjunctions can be used in several ways.
For Example:
Rain or snow is expected tomorrow. (compound subject)
Floodwaters reached the levee and flowed over it.
(compound predicate)
Angel called to Carlos and Olivia. (compound object of the
preposition)
I can’t run fast, but I can run long distances. (compound
sentence)
Correlative Conjunctions:
Correlative Conjunction are pairs of Conjunctions that
work together.
They include: both/and, either/or, neither/nor, and not
only/but also.
For Example:
Madeline not only plays hockey, but also teaches it to younger
students. (compound predicate)
Both you and your mother must go to the doctor on Tuesday.
(compound subject)
Frank had to either retake his driving test or let his brother
drive. (compound predicate)
The businessman gave the money to neither the bank nor the
company. (compound object of the preposition)
Compound Subjects
and Verb Agreement:
When a Compound Subject is combined with the
Conjunction and it takes on a plural verb.
Example: Wilma and Helga are class officers.
When a Compound Subject is combined by or or nor,
the verb agrees with the nearest part of the subject.
Example: Neither the boys nor Mr. Ferguson is afraid of the
rapids.
Either the farmer or the cows were responsible for the
terrible smell.