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And but or so because

And

but or

so

because

We uses this words (conjunctions) to join two sentences. They make one longer sentence from two
shorter sentences:
Sentence A

The car

The driver got

out.

sentence B

The car stopped and the driver got out.

and/ but/ or
Sentence A

Sentence B

We stayed at home
television.

and

(we)* watched

My sister is married
London.

and

(she)*lives in

He doesnt like her

and

she doesnt like him

I bought a newspaper

but

Its a nice house

garden.

I didnt read it

but

it hasnt got a

Study these sentences. We used and between the last two things:

I got home, had something to eat, sat down in an armchair and fell asleep.

Arin is at work, sue has gone shopping and Chris is playing football.

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So (the results of something)

Sentence A

Sentence B
It was very hot
the windows
The water wasnt clean
swimming

so
so

I opened
we didnt go

D because (the reason of something)

Sentence A
Sentence B
I opened the window

because

it was very

We didnt go swimming
wasnt clean

because

the water

hot

Lisa is hungry

because

she didnt

Because is also possible at the beginning:

Because the water wasnt clean, we didnt go swimming.

In these examples there is more than one conjunction:

It was late and I was tired, so I went to bed.

I always enjoy visiting London, but I wouldnt like to live there because its too big.