TRABAJO INGLES IV

LUIS MIGUEL NOVOA CASARRUBIA

SECOND TERM
And, Or, But, So, Because

Las conjunciones se usan para conectar dos frases formando una frase larga:

 I play tennis and I swim.

 You can go to the cinema, or you can visit your aunt.
 Ana loves oranges, but she hates pears.
 It was raining, so I took an umbrella.
 Peter is crying because he has failed his exams.

"AND" se usa para añadir elementos a una lista:

 She bought apples and bananas.

"OR" se usa para hablar de opciones:

 You can have the blue pen or the red pen.

"But" se usa para mostrar contraste:

 I speak French but I’ve never been to France.

"SO" da el resultado de algo:

 Peter didn’t study, so he failed his exams.

"BECAUSE" expresa el motivo de algo:

 I got wet because I didn’t take an umbrella.

Más ejemplos

 On Saturdays, we usually visit the zoo and on Sundays, we go to the park.

 I bought a skirt, some shoes and a jacket.
 We can have a holiday, or we can save our money.
 Can we have a picnic, or is the weather too bad?
 I’d like to go, but I don’t have any money.
 Tom ran, but he missed the bus.
 I was unhappy, so I ate some chocolate.
 I forgot the sun cream, so I got burnt.
 I got into university because I studied hard.
 I won’t buy a bicycle because I don't like cycling.

T. HUGO JAVIER RAMIREZ MARTINEZ

Por lo general se coloca una coma antes de "or", "but" y "so".

Con una larga lista de elementos se usan comas y se pone "and" antes del último elemento:

 He studies maths, science, French and drama.

Se puede poner "because" al principio de una oración:

 Because I don’t like cycling, I won't buy a bicycle.

ACTIVITIES:

And, but, or, so, because

1. Complete the text with and, but, or.

I get up at half past eight in the morning. I´m hungry BUT there isn´t any food in the
kitchen. I want milk, cereals OR orange juice. Then, I go to the shop BUT when I get there
it´s still closed. I go back home and into the kitchen. There´s some grapefruit juice and
brown bread. BUT I don´t like grapefruit juice OR brown bread! This is not a good
morning, so I go back to bed until the shop opens.

2. Complete with and, but, or, so, because.

1. We aren´t going to the park BECAUSE it´s raining.

2. I don´t have any money, BUT I´ll go to the bank.
3. She doesn´t like vegetables AND fish.
4. I need milk, butter AND bread.
5. There´s snow on the Street BUT it´s not too cold.
6. She studies a lot BUT she never passes the exams.
7. You´ve got an exam tomorrow, SO you must study tonight.
8. I don´t go to the cinema BECAUSE I haven´t got any money.

3. Correct the underlined word using and, but, or, so, because.

1. We don´t go to the beach but it´s cold. ......BECAUSE

2. They don´t like meat and fish. ......OR
3. It´s winter because I´m not cold. ......BUT

T. HUGO JAVIER RAMIREZ MARTINEZ

4. It´s raining, or take your umbrella!. ...... SO

4. Put the words in order.

1. accident / an / she´s / in / because / hospital / she / had.
She is the hospital because she had an accident
2. but / they / many / work / don´t / hours / they / have / money / much.
They work many hours but they do not much money
3. asked / Paul / me / question, / a / replied / I / so.
i asked paul a question, so he replied me
4. buy / I / peppers / potatoes. / and / tomatoes,
i buy peppers, potatoes and tomatoes

5. Write a paragraph about five of your favorite stores or restaurants. Give reasons why you go
there. Use and, but, or, so, because.

There are a lot of places that i love to visit when i want to eat or when i want to share a
nice time with my family or Friends but my favorite place is La parrilla restaurant, its a
restaurant located in Sincelejo in which you can eat the best food of Sincelejo because the
restaurant has a good chef and also food that he makes is so cheap an very deliciOus.

T. HUGO JAVIER RAMIREZ MARTINEZ