Conjunctive%20Adverbs

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Conjunctive Adverbs

• The Misunderstood Adverb

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Definition of a Conjunctive Adverb

• Conjunctions join words, phrases, and clauses.
  Sometimes an adverb will also join two
  independent clauses.  We then call it a
  conjunctive adverb.
• The list is a sample list. It is not the end all
  of Conjunctive Adverbs. You can decide if a word
  is working as one by looking at the punctuation
  around it.
• The Sentence Patterns

• What Do They Look Like?
• The following is a partial list of conjunctive
  adverbs
• Accordingly Consequently
• However Similarly
• Next Likewise
• Also Finally
• Indeed Meanwhile
• Nevertheless Subsequently
• Besides Furthermore
• Instead Moreover
• Otherwise Therefore
• Independent Clause Conjunctive Adverb,
  Independent Clause
• Or
• Michele wrote the letter consequently , Julie
  mailed it to Jeffrey .

• The Pattern for Joining Two Independent Clauses
  with a Conjunctive Adverb
• IC CA , IC Complete Sentence

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Lets Take a Quiz

• Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
• a. I will go therefore you can stay home. 
• b. I will go therefore, you can stay home.
• c. I will go, therefore, you can stay home.
• d. I will go, therefore you can stay home.
• a. Anna came to the meeting however she had to
  leave early.
• b. Anna came to the meeting, however, she
  had to leave early.
• c. Anna came to the meeting however, she
  had to leave early.
• d. Anna came to the meeting however she
  had to leave early.
• a. Dinosaurs are extinct otherwise, we would be
  very afraid.
• b. Dinosaurs are extinct, otherwise, we
  would be very afraid.
• c. Dinosaurs are extinct otherwise we
  would be very afraid.
• d. Dinosaurs are extinct otherwise we would
  be very afraid.

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Lets Take a Quiz

• Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
• a. Fifty girls signed up for a prom dress
  finally they had to close the contest.
• b. Fifty girls signed up for a prom dress
  finally, they had to close the contest.  
• c. Fifty girls signed up for a prom dress
  finally they had to close the contest. 
• d. Fifty girls signed up for a prom dress,
  finally they had to close the contest. 
• a. Liam left the house subsequently he forgot his
  books.
• b. Liam left the house, subsequently, he
  forgot his books.
• c. Liam left the house subsequently, he
  forgot his books.
• d. Liam left the house, subsequently he
  forgot his books.
• Do you think you know these? Lets look at the
  answers

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The Answers

• B
• C
• A
• B
• C

Correct Grade
5 100
4 80
3 60
2 40
1 20
0 0
Well, how did you do??? As well as you think you
did? I hope so! There will be three questions on
the Teacher-Created Interim Assessment (TCIA)
next week. Know them!
Since there are only three of these on the TCIA,
this is what your grade will look like depending
on how many you answer correctly!
Correct Grade
3 100
2 67
1 33
0 0
Works Cited English Exercise, Inc. "Conjunctive
Adverbs." 2011. English Exercises, Inc. 19 Nov
2011. lthttp//www.englishexercises.org/mak
eagame/viewgame.asp?id1565gt.