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Elementary www.englishevolutionlearning.com Conjunctions – but / because / although This fluency exercise gives students practice using the coordinator ‘but’ and the subordinators ‘because’ and ‘although’. The conjunction ‘although’ can only be introduced for some examples. Highlight that it is usually placed at the start of the sentence and differs from ‘but’ in that it makes the main statement seem surprising, ei: ‘Although it was hot, Jane wore her coat and a hat’ 1. I like cats. I don’t like dogs. – I like cats, but I don’t like dogs. 2. I went to university. I didn’t graduate. – Although I went to university, I didn’t graduate. 3. I was late for work. I missed the bus. – I was late because I missed the bus. 4. Guillermo went to hospital. Guillermo broke his leg. – Guillermo went to hospital because he broke his leg. 5. I was cold. It was snowing. – I was cold because it was snowing. 6. I like the blue one. I don’t like the red one. 7. We played well. We didn’t win. 8. Ana ate the dinner. Ana didn’t have dessert. 9. Laura stayed in bed. Laura was sick. 10. My mum made cakes. Nobody ate them. (although) 11. I stayed in the shade. I had sunburn. 12. I brought an umbrella. It was raining. 13. We went to the wedding. We didn’t go to the party. (although) 14. Steve went to the gym. Steve wanted to get fit. 15. I bought a ticket for the concert. I didn’t go to the concert. (although) 16. She crashed the car. She was ok. 17. Carlos was fat. Carlos ate too much. 18. He worked there for years. He never got a promotion. (although) 19. She didn’t drink. She was driving. 20. I couldn’t call you. I lost my phone. 21. The mechanic tried. The mechanic couldn’t fix your car. 22. Sergio practiced a lot. Sergio wanted to win the competition. 23. The rain stopped in the afternoon. The rain started again in the evening. 24. I bought my wife a watch. It was her birthday. 25. I helped him. He didn’t even say thanks. 26. He fell over. He was very, very drunk. 27. They got married. They were very much in love. 28. The got married. They got divorced a year later 29. He was very proud. His daughter passed all her exams. 30. He felt terrible. He had a hangover.
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Conjunctions – but / because / although This fluency exercise gives students practice using the coordinator ‘but’ and the subordinators ‘because’ and ‘although’. The conjunction ‘although’ can only be introduced for some examples. Highlight that it is usually placed at the start of the sentence and differs from ‘but’ in that it makes the main statement seem surprising, ei: ‘Although it was hot, Jane wore her coat and a hat’ 1. I like cats. I don’t like dogs. – I like cats, but I don’t like dogs. 2. I went to university. I didn’t graduate. – Although I went to university, I didn’t
graduate. 3. I was late for work. I missed the bus. – I was late because I missed the bus. 4. Guillermo went to hospital. Guillermo broke his leg. – Guillermo went to
hospital because he broke his leg. 5. I was cold. It was snowing. – I was cold because it was snowing. 6. I like the blue one. I don’t like the red one. 7. We played well. We didn’t win. 8. Ana ate the dinner. Ana didn’t have dessert. 9. Laura stayed in bed. Laura was sick. 10. My mum made cakes. Nobody ate them. (although) 11. I stayed in the shade. I had sunburn. 12. I brought an umbrella. It was raining. 13. We went to the wedding. We didn’t go to the party. (although) 14. Steve went to the gym. Steve wanted to get fit. 15. I bought a ticket for the concert. I didn’t go to the concert. (although) 16. She crashed the car. She was ok. 17. Carlos was fat. Carlos ate too much. 18. He worked there for years. He never got a promotion. (although) 19. She didn’t drink. She was driving. 20. I couldn’t call you. I lost my phone. 21. The mechanic tried. The mechanic couldn’t fix your car. 22. Sergio practiced a lot. Sergio wanted to win the competition. 23. The rain stopped in the afternoon. The rain started again in the evening. 24. I bought my wife a watch. It was her birthday. 25. I helped him. He didn’t even say thanks. 26. He fell over. He was very, very drunk. 27. They got married. They were very much in love. 28. The got married. They got divorced a year later 29. He was very proud. His daughter passed all her exams. 30. He felt terrible. He had a hangover.
