Conjunctions Exercise for Class 7 with Examples and Answers

Conjunctions Exercise for Class 7: Types, Examples, and Answers

This article explains what conjunctions are and the types of conjunctions for Class 7 students. It contains exercise of conjunctions for Class 7 students so that they can practice and learn the use of different types of conjunctions in English grammar. It contains answers so that students can check after attempting the exercise.

What are conjunctions?

A conjunction is a word that is used to join words or sentences together.

Conjunctions make sentences meaningful and are used to connect ideas.

Types of Conjunctions with Examples

There are two types of conjunctions:

1. Coordinating Conjunctions
2. Subordinating Conjunctions

1. Coordinating Conjunctions – The conjunctions that are used to join sentences of equal rank or order together is a coordinating conjunction.

FANBOYS – For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.

Example:

1. The boy ran. The boy fell.

The boy ran and the boy fell.

• Jaya has failed. Tina has passed.

Jaya has failed but Tina has passed.

• Study hard. You will fail.

Study hard or you will fail.

• She is intelligent. She is sad.

She is intelligent yet she is sad.

• He is poor. People love him.

He is poor still people love him.

• She stayed at home. It was raining heavily.

She stayed indoors, for it was raining heavily.

• He did not read a book. He did not sleep.

He did not read a book, nor did he sleep.

Take the first pair of sentences. The sentences ‘The boy ran’ and ‘The boy fell’ are two independent sentences. They can stand alone. The are of equal rank. They don’t depend on each other for its full meaning. When we join these sentences with the conjunction and, ‘The boy ran and the boy fell.’

Hence in the above sentences the words for, and, nor, but, or, yet, still are coordinating conjunctions.

• Sub-ordinating Conjunctions – these are conjunctions that are used in pairs.

Example:

1. Either ….. or.
2. Neither …..nor.
3. Both…and.
4. Though…..yet.
5. Not only…… but also.
6. So…..that.
7. Hardly……when.
8. No sooner……than.

1. Either take tea or take coffee.
2. He is neither thirsty nor hungry.
3. We both loved and honoured him.
4. Though he is sick, yet he is active.
5. She not only cleaned her room but also decorated it with flowers.
6. He was so lazy that he did not even get up from his bed.
7. John had hardly reached the bank when it began to rain.
8. No sooner did the taxi arrive than the girls ran out of their hostel.

Conjunctions Exercise for Class 7

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks.

Fill in the blanks with suitable conjunctions.

1. She was late ____ the bus broke down.
2. Wait here _____ I come back.
3. She is rich ______ she is sad.
4. You will get the prize _____ you work hard.
5. I wanted to go out, ___ it was raining.
6. The phone has been lost _____ stolen.
7. Take care _____ you fall.
8. They ran_____ we returned.
9. He is thinner____ I (am).
10. I believe her_____she is honest.

Answers

1. She was late because the bus broke down.

2. Wait here till I come back.

3. She is rich but she is sad.

4. You will get the prize if you work hard.

5.  I wanted to go out, but it was raining.

6. The phone has been lost or stolen.

7. Take care lest you fall.

8. They ran when we returned.

9. He is thinner than I am.

10. I believe her because she is honest.

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