Identifying Conjunctions

Identifying Conjunctions

Conjunction Exercise

Read each sentence and click on each word that is a conjunction. There could be more than one conjunction per sentence.

When checking your answers, the computer analyzes the sentence from the bottom up. And it can tell you only one mistake at a time.

Mike is enthusiastic, but sometimes he tends to give up.
1. Mike
2. is
3. enthusiastic,
4. but
5. sometimes
6. he
7. tends
8. to give
9. up.
I like literature and vocabulary, but I do not like writing.
1. I
2. like
3. literature
4. and
5. vocabulary,
6. but
7. I
8. do
9. not
10. like
11. writing.
I have the choice to do homework or clean the house.
1. I
2. have
3. the
4. choice
5. to do
6. homework
7. or
8. clean
9. the
10. house.
I studied these words for hours, so I better get an A.
1. I
2. studied
3. these
4. words
5. for
6. hours,
7. so
8. I
9. better
10. get
11. an
12. A.
Holden dislikes liars, yet he manages to lie often.
1. Holden
2. dislikes
3. liars,
4. yet
5. he
6. manages
7. to lie
8. often.
This teacher knows what he is talking about; however, he still manages to drive students away.
1. This
2. teacher
3. knows
4. what
5. he
6. is
7. talking
8. about;
9. however,
10. he
11. still
12. manages
13. to drive
14. students
15. away.
When I study grammar, I get terrible headaches.
1. When
2. I
3. study
4. grammar,
5. I
6. get
7. terrible
8. headaches.
Brad usually puts his head down and sleeps when the teacher talks.
1. Brad
2. usually
3. puts
4. his
5. head
6. down
7. and
8. sleeps
9. when
10. the
11. teacher
12. talks.
The students started laughing because the teacher's pants split.
1. The
2. students
3. started
4. laughing
5. because
6. the
7. teacher's
8. pants
9. split.
I want to scream whenever this teacher starts to break a word apart.
1. I
2. want
3. to scream
4. whenever
5. this
6. teacher
7. starts
8. to break
9. a
10. word
11. apart.
Matt likes Julie and Martha, so he doesn't know what to do.
1. Matt
2. likes
3. Julie
4. and
5. Martha,
6. so
7. he
8. doesn't
9. know
10. what
11. to do.
Tell me when you are ready.
1. Tell
2. me
3. when
4. you
5. are
6. ready.
I do not understand the teacher; nevertheless, I enjoy his class.
1. I
2. do
3. not
4. understand
5. the
6. teacher;
7. nevertheless,
8. I
9. enjoy
10. his
11. class
The hours are too long and the pay is too little; therefore, I had to quit the job.
1. The
2. hours
3. are
4. too
5. long
6. and
7. the
8. pay
9. is
10. too
11. little;
12. therefore,
13. I
14. had
15. to quit
16. the
17. job.
I receive bad grades on the quizzes because I have not been studying.
1. I
2. receive
3. bad
4. grades
5. on
6. the
7. quizzes
8. because
9. I
10. have
11. not
12. been
13. studying.