Grammar Practice

Encircle the conjunction used in each sentence and classify each as coordinate, correlative, subordinate,
or conjunctive. Write your answers on the spaces before the numbers.

_______________1. ljala artists are highly regarded by the public as general entertained and are invited
to perform on social occasions.

_______________2. Yoruba chants, with their own conventions and themes, are not sung Rather, they
are recited with rudimentary musical characteristics.

_______________3. There is no very clear central theme, but the poem rambles topic to another.

_______________4. Both Yoruba and Akan hunting chants have developed into and flexible branch of
poetry.

_______________5. The Ambo elephant hunters are not only revered for their expertise and skill in
hunting, but they are also surrounded with a halo and hero-worship.

_______________6. Also, a hunter has a special relationship with the spirit dead kinsmen, especially his
father.

_______________7. The emotional relationship with his father who guards him as a hunter is of a much
more personal nature.

_______________8. The son praises his father's exploits as a hunter, or he sets out delighting in his gun.

_______________9. Then his thoughts are drawn back sorrowfully to his father.

_______________10. Ambo hunting poetry neither seems to have developed into a compiler and
flexible branch of poetry, nor are there lengthy narratives.

Grammar Practice 2
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction. Select your answers from the words enclosed in
parentheses.

1. Africa has a long and complex literary history. _______________, to suggest that one historical
account can represent all of the literatures, across time, from all of the regions of Africa is misleading.
(Hence, Indeed)

2 Literature in the Yoruba culture does not appear in one form. _______________ there are many
categories and subcategories that define Yoruba literature. (Instead, Rather)

3. Yoruba literature provides a vast array of information and knowledge _______________ is passed
down from generation to generation through oral traditions. (Which, where)

4. Some of the major categories of Yoruba literature are the epic, hunter chants, bridal chants,
testimonies, witch and wizard tales, praise poetry, and confessionals. _______________ within those
larger subcategories, there exist subcategories which are tonally based rather than subject based. (Yet,
And)

5. In the culture of the Yoruba people, men are traditionally the hunters as well as the head of
household; _______________ the ijala chants focus on the life experiences of the male population.
(Moreover, therefore)

6. _______________ hunters themselves come up with the chant, the chants usually are used for self-
praise, praise of their families and of their community. (For, Since)

7. Ijala chants take a negative attitude toward women, _______________ they are portrayed with
having characteristics such as vanity, jealousy, falseness, and disloyalty. (Or, as)
8. In the Yoruba culture, nothing was to be believed if it came from a woman _______________ women
play a huge role in the political, social, and religious aspects of life. (even though, since)

9. _______________, in the ijala chants, any declaration of loyalty or devotion from women is seen as a
lie. (furthermore, nonetheless)

10. Ambo hunting songs are more simple and direct than some of those from West Africa.
_______________, like them, they involve the glorification of the hunter, the expression of his hopes
and fears, and others. (in contrast, yet)

Grammar Practice 3
Construct two sentences of each conjunction:
1. For
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2. Either… or
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3. Because
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4. Moreover
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5. In contrast
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