Extending sentences with but, and, or: wood frog
The Grammar Bit!
Read the scintillating sentences opposite. The words highlighted in bold are coordinating conjunctions. These ‘gluey’ words can be used to extend sentences by joining words and phrases. Sentences 1 and 2 are examples of this.
These conjunctions can also be used to join clauses. (Remember – a clause is a group of words that usually contains a subject and a verb.) Sentences 3 and 4 are examples of this.
With your talk partner, see if any of the sentences ‘work’ with a different coordinating conjunction (and, but and or) to the one given.
Scintillating Sentences
1) Male wood frogs are more brightly coloured and smaller than female wood frogs.
2) I wonder if the predator was put off by the frog’s loud noises or its poisonous skin?
3) The wood frog’s blood may be frozen, but it is still alive.
Did you know?
Adults wood frogs use their long, sticky tongues to catch a variety of forest creatures including insects, arachnids, worms, slugs and snails.