WHILE ATTEMPTING QUESTIONS ON CONJUNCTIONS-

IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER- FOR CLASSES 7 & 8

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📌 No change of sequence, unless extremely needed.
Always start a sentence with a capital letter and end
with a proper punctuation mark. (. , !)
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📌 Join the sentences with minimal changes.​ ​ ​ ​
While using a correlative or coordinating conjunction, do
not use a comma.
📌 While using correlative conjunctions the sentence
should start with one of the pair conjunctions and the
other can come in between.
📌 “Should” must be used if “lest” (in case,in order to
avoid,for fear that, in order to prevent) is used in the
sentence:
My teacher held my hand to cross the bridge lest I should
fall.
Read regularly lest you should fail.
Drive slow lest you should miss out the destination.
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For Conjunctions:Join without using AND, BUT, SO, it
disallows us to use the following conjunctions also-
1. Therefore
2. Hence
3. Even though (Use Although/Though is allowed)
4. Yet
5. Only NOR (Neither ...nor is allowed)
6. However
7. Still
8. Not only…but also
9. So..that
10. Both… and

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DISCUSS THE ANSWERS ORALLY.
1.​ She went out without an umbrella though it had started to rain.
2.​ We drove very quickly as/since/because it was raining very hard.
3.​ Either you must tell the truth or you will be punished.
4.​ She was hungry as/since/because she had not eaten anything.
5.​ Though/Although he was tired, he went to the party./
He was tired though he went to the party.
6.​ We cannot go out as/since/because the sun is very hot.
7.​ When she was listening to the radio, a moth fell on her head.
8.​ The rivers were overflowing as/since/because it rained heavily.
9.​ Saurav asked me a question which I was unable to answer.
10.​ When I heard you won a prize, I was extremely delighted.

Points to be discussed:
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📌 Do not start a sentence with ‘since’ and ‘because’.
If a sentence starts with a Subordinating Conjunction, the beginning
clause should end with a comma (,).
Examples-When the sun sets, the birds return to their nests.

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 📌Format for using ‘not only….but also’ , ‘neither…nor’, ‘either…..or’.
(For Correlative Conjunctions)
While using correlative conjunctions the sentence should start with one
of the pair conjunctions and the other can come in between.
Eg: Not only did they paint the outside of the house but also the inside.
Examples-
a) Not only…… but also​
Not only was he praised but also (he was) rewarded.
Not only his friends but also he plays cricket.​
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b) Neither……nor
​ ​ Neither was he praised nor (was he) rewarded.
​ Neither he nor his friends support the team.
​ ​ c) Either…..or
​​ Either he will go to the movie or watch the match.
Either he will go to a park or a restaurant.
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● Exception: both....and— He played both hockey and cricket. [Not used at
the beginning of the sentence]

📌 Explain the usage of no sooner…than & hardly…when

If the second event occurs immediately after the first, we can express that
idea using the structure no sooner … than or hardly….. When
📌 As soon as - This structure is also used with the same meaning.​
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Where such words like ‘immediately’, ‘at once’, ‘right then’, ‘just then’ are
used, we must use only such conjunctions like -
As soon as, No sooner……than, Hardly….. when and no other
conjunctions.​
But after joining, we must not use ‘immediately’, ‘at once’, ‘right then’, ‘just
then’ any more. ​
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Judging by the immediacy of the 2nd action following the 1st action, we
must use conjunctions - As soon as, No sooner……than, Hardly….. when. It is
not necessary that such words like ‘immediately’, ‘at once’, ‘right then’, ‘just
then’ have to be present in the given sentences.

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When sentences begin with ‘As soon as’, ‘No sooner’ or ‘Hardly’, the
following word should be the verb whose tense should be the tense of the
verb in the 1st sentence given.​
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Eg: - This example shows the 2nd action immediately follows the 1st action
but there is no use of words like - ‘immediately’, ‘at once’, ‘right then’, ‘just
then’.
1st Sentence: The bell rang.
2nd Sentence: The students left the class.
Answer 1:
As soon as the bell rang, the students left the class.
or
Answer 2:
No sooner did the bell ring than the students left the class.
or
Answer 3:
Hardly did the bell ring when the students left the class.
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1st Sentence: The bell had rung.
2nd Sentence: The students left the class.
Answer 1:
As soon as the bell had rung, the students left the class.
or
Answer 2:
No sooner had the bell rung than the students left the class.
or
Answer 3:

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Hardly had the bell rung when the students left the class.
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1st Sentence: The bell rings.
2nd Sentence: The students leave the class.
Answer 1:
As soon as the bell rings, the students leave the class.
or
Answer 2:
No sooner does the bell ring than the students leave the class.
or
Answer 3:
Hardly does the bell ring when the students leave the class.
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Eg: - This example shows the 2nd action immediately follows the 1st action
and there is use of words like - ‘immediately’, ‘at once’, ‘right then’, ‘just
then’.
Sentence 1: I reached the station.
Sentence 2: The train left immediately.
Answer 1:
As soon as I reached the station, the train left.
or
Answer 2:
No sooner did I reach the station than the train left.
or
Answer 3:
Hardly did I reach the station when the train left.

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DISCUSS ALL THE PROBABILITIES ORALLY. THEY MUST WRITE ANY ONE
OPTION
★​ No sooner had he reached the station than the train left. /
★​ No sooner did he reach the station than the train left./
★​ Hardly had he reached the station when the train came./
★​ As soon as he reached the station, the train left.

★​ No sooner had I arrived at the station than the train came. (= I came
first and the train arrived right after me.)/
★​ No sooner did I arrive at the station than the train came.
★​ As soon as I arrived at the station, the train came.
★​ Hardly had I arrived at the station when the train came.

★​ No sooner had we heard the noise than we rushed to the spot./

★​ No sooner did we hear the noise than we rushed to the spot./
★​ As soon as we heard the noise, we rushed to the spot./
★​ Hardly had we heard the noise when we rushed to the spot.

★​ No sooner had she finished one project than she started working on
the next./
★​ No sooner did she finish one project than she started working on the
next./
★​ As soon as she finished one project, she started working on the
next. /
★​ Hardly had she finished one project when she started working on
the next.

★​ No sooner had I closed my eyes than I fell asleep./

★​ No sooner did I close my eyes than I fell asleep./
★​ As soon as I closed my eyes, I fell asleep./
★​ Hardly had I closed my eyes when I fell asleep.

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