Conjunctions and Their Uses Quiz

What is a conjunction?

• A word that expresses emotion

• A word that names a person

• A word that joins other words or groups

• A word that describes a noun

Which word is a coordinating conjunction?

• Although

• Because

• And

• Since

Choose the correct sentence using a conjunction:

• She likes apples or she eats oranges.

• She likes apples, and she eats oranges.

• She likes apples and she eats oranges.

• She likes apples and eats.

What type of conjunction is “but”?

• Correlative

• Coordinating

• Subordinating

• None

Which conjunction best joins these ideas: “He studied hard. He passed the test.”?

• Or

• And

• So

• But

Which sentence uses a subordinating conjunction?

• She went shopping, and I stayed home.

• We ate pizza and watched a movie.

• I couldn’t go because I was sick.

• He jumped and landed.

What is the purpose of a subordinating conjunction?

• Express surprise

• Join equal parts of a sentence

• Begin a dependent clause

• Describe a subject

Which is a pair of correlative conjunctions?

• If…because

• Either…or

• While…although

• But…and

Choose the sentence with correlative conjunctions:

• I like both pizza and spaghetti.

• I like pizza or spaghetti.

• I like pizza, and I like spaghetti.

• I like pizza, although I like spaghetti more.

Which sentence uses “although” correctly?

• Although he ran fast, he lost the race.

• He although ran fast, he lost.

• He ran fast although, he lost.

• He lost although the race.