CONJUNCTIONS.

Exercise.

Instructions / Hướng dẫn: Select all the conjunctions in the following sentences, and tell what they join.

Chọn tất cả các liên từ trong các câu sau đây và cho biết chúng nối những gì.

Crow was ten years old now, and he was very black and polished and thin.
Mount St. Michael was not only strongly fortified, but it was well guarded by nature.
The horse neither switches his tail, nods his head, nor stamps his feet.
Thirty years later, the remnants of her wedding gowns,—the blue silk, the black silk, the striped silk, and the plaid silk,—were cut into diamonds and squares, and then pieced together lovingly and proudly into a patchwork quilt.
There are several steamboats which run up and down the Seine like omnibuses, and the charge to passengers is about two cents apiece.
After steaming for several hours over the smooth river and between these flat lowlands, we reach the city of Rotterdam.
These great ice streams are always moving slowly downwards; hence they carry off, year by year, the snow which falls upon the mountain above.
The stars danced overhead, and by his side the broad and shallow river ran over its stony bed with a loud but soothing murmur that filled all the air with entreaty.
The things that Mowgli did and saw and heard when he was wandering from one people to another, with or without his four companions, would make many stories.
I drove the cows home through the sweet ferns and down the rocky slopes.
The sucker's mouth is not formed for the gentle angleworm nor the delusive fly of the fisherman.
Our ancestors were very worthy people, but their wall papers were abominable.
The keeper of the lodgings did not supply meals to his guests; so we breakfasted at a small chophouse in a crooked street.
The Northmen had no compass; they must steer by the sun or by the stars, guess at their rate of sailing, and tell by that how many more days distant was their destination.
Through this silence and through this waste, where the sudden lights flapped and went out again, the sleigh and the two that pulled it crawled like things in a nightmare.
There may be times when you cannot find help, but there is no time when you cannot give help.
Over the meadows and through the woods, To grandfather's house we go.
The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people are much in want of one.

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Sample Answers (Suggested) / Đáp án gợi ý

1. and (joins the two clauses: "Crow was ten years old now" and "he was very black and polished and thin"); and (joins the adjectives "black," "polished," and "thin").
Giải thích: and (nối hai mệnh đề); and (nối các tính từ black, polished, thin).

2. not only...but (correlatives; join the two clauses: "Mount St. Michael was strongly fortified" and "it was well guarded by nature").
Giải thích: not only...but (cặp tương quan; nối hai mệnh đề).

3. neither...nor (correlatives; join the three predicates: "switches his tail," "nods his head," "stamps his feet").
Giải thích: neither...nor (cặp tương quan; nối ba vị ngữ).

4. and (joins the items in the series: "the blue silk, the black silk, the striped silk, and the plaid silk"); and (joins the two predicates: "were cut" and "pieced together").
Giải thích: and (nối các thành phần trong chuỗi); and (nối hai vị ngữ).

5. and (joins the two clauses: "There are several steamboats which run up and down the Seine like omnibuses" and "the charge to passengers is about two cents apiece").
Giải thích: and (nối hai mệnh đề).

6. and (joins the two phrases: "over the smooth river" and "between these flat lowlands").
Giải thích: and (nối hai cụm từ).

7. hence (joins the two clauses: "These great ice streams are always moving slowly downwards" and "they carry off, year by year, the snow").
Giải thích: hence (nối hai mệnh đề).

8. and (joins the two clauses: "The stars danced overhead" and "by his side the broad and shallow river ran over its stony bed"); and (joins the adjectives "broad" and "shallow"); but (joins the adjectives "loud" and "soothing" in the phrase "loud but soothing murmur").
Giải thích: and (nối hai mệnh đề); and (nối các tính từ broad và shallow); but (nối các tính từ loud và soothing).

9. and (joins the three verbs: "did," "saw," and "heard"); or (joins the two phrases: "with" and "without his four companions").
Giải thích: and (nối ba động từ); or (nối hai cụm từ).

10. and (joins the two phrases: "through the sweet ferns" and "down the rocky slopes").
Giải thích: and (nối hai cụm từ).

11. nor (joins the two objects: "the gentle angleworm" and "the delusive fly of the fisherman").
Giải thích: nor (nối hai tân ngữ).

12. but (joins the two clauses: "Our ancestors were very worthy people" and "their wall papers were abominable").
Giải thích: but (nối hai mệnh đề).

13. so (joins the two clauses: "The keeper of the lodgings did not supply meals to his guests" and "we breakfasted at a small chophouse in a crooked street").
Giải thích: so (nối hai mệnh đề).

14. or (joins the two phrases: "by the sun" and "by the stars"); and (joins the three predicates: "steer," "guess," and "tell").
Giải thích: or (nối hai cụm từ); and (nối ba vị ngữ).

15. and (joins the two phrases: "Through this silence" and "through this waste"); and (joins the two predicates: "flapped" and "went out"); and (joins the two subjects: "the sleigh" and "the two that pulled it").
Giải thích: and (nối hai cụm từ); and (nối hai vị ngữ); and (nối hai chủ ngữ).

16. but (joins the two clauses: "There may be times when you cannot find help" and "there is no time when you cannot give help").
Giải thích: but (nối hai mệnh đề).

17. and (joins the two phrases: "Over the meadows" and "through the woods").
Giải thích: and (nối hai cụm từ).

18. and (joins the two clauses: "The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty" and "the American people are much in want of one").
Giải thích: and (nối hai mệnh đề).

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