Now let's review the use of coordinating conjunctions and practice a bit.
Remember the coordinating conjunctions are used to link words phrases and clauses of equal importance
in a sentence.
Now read the following sentences and underlined the coordinating conjunctions Katie wanted to play with
us.
If she was too scared to make a move
to Johns needed to pay the rent but they ran out of money
they weren't on good terms with each other nor did they try to change it.
Nor now rewrite the sentence so that they have the same meaning.
Using the core needing conjunction Philip likes hiking.
He is fond of camping too.
That's why he's spent a lot of time traveling
Philip likes hiking and camping so he spends a lot of time travelling.
I didn't want to call you because it was too late but I sent you a message.
I knew that you could read it later.
I didn't want to call you for it was too late.
Yet I sent you a message so you could read it later.