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Conjunction junction

                                                                   COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

 A coordinating conjunction joins parts of a sentence ( words, clauses ) that are grammatically equal.

 There are 7 coordinating conjunctions. There is an easy way to remember them:

  their initials spell   FANBOYS

  F                   A                    N                      B                   O                      Y               S

 FOR              AND              NOR                 BUT               OR                   YET           SO

 examples:

 Suzan is  (nice)  and  (pretty)     two adjectives       (similar ideas)

 Would you like  (tea)  or  (coffee)  two nouns           ( alternative )

( It was raining ),  so   ( I took an umbrella)   two clauses    (result)

 ( My father is French ),   but  (my mother is English)   two clauses  (contrasting ideas)

He left, for he was late    (for: old fashioned, literary)  (because)

 It was not my fault, nor his   (negative alternative)

It seemed incredible, yet it was true (emphasizes the differences)

                                                  JIMMY AND THE HAUNTED HOUSE

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1. Jimmy is an audacious young boy. He had been told of the dangers of getting into the woods, but and nor or for yet so he went away.
2. He knew that the forest was dangerous but and nor or for yet so the house haunted.
3. He was curious, but and nor or for yet so he disobeyed his parents. He entered the house.
4. There he saw spiders, bats, but and nor or for yet so a ghost
5. Jimmy got into a panic, but and nor or for yet so he couldn't help it.
6. He ran away, but and nor or for yet so he was frightened by what he had seen.
7. He didn't stop running, but and nor or for yet so did he look back to the house.
8. When he came back home he was sick, but and nor or for yet so he went to bed.
9. Jimmy had better stay out of haunted houses, but and nor or for yet so he will have a heart attack.
10. Jimmy is a nice but and nor or for yet so unwary boy.