Types of Conjunctions Differentiated Worksheets for 3rd-5th Grade

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Help your class recognize and use conjunctions with our Types of Conjunctions Differentiated Worksheets. This three-page resource includes practice of coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions.

Perfect for your upper elementary ELA lessons, this resource includes differentiated activities to meet the needs of all of your students.

Why not use this resource with some of our identifying conjunction games?

• Fill in the Conjunctions Activity Cards
• Identifying Conjunctions PowerPoint Game
• Using Different Types of Conjunctions Quiz

Twinkl Tip: You can explore our full range of conjunction worksheets here and take a look at our teaching wiki page.

This resource addresses the following standards: CCSS L.3.1.H, L.3.3, L.5.1.E, TEKS ELAR 3.11.D.viii, 4.11.D.viii, and 5.11.D.viii. Learn about how conjunctions are used in compound sentences at our helpful teaching wiki on this grammar topic.

What does this resource include?

These Types of Conjunctions Differentiated Worksheets include a number of coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions activities for your class to complete. 

Made up of three different worksheets, your students will be asked to identify and use each type of conjunction. 

This will help them build on their understanding of conjunctions and enable them to answer questions at different levels of difficulty. 

An example of a question included in these worksheets are:

Read each sentence and identify the correct conjunction that will complete the sentence. 

• I went to bed very late, _____ I am tired today.
• I enjoy playing hockey, _____ it's not my favourite sport.

Help students learn more about cause and effect with this differentiated Transition Words Worksheet.

What are the different type of conjunctions?

Conjunctions are known as connective or linking words. They join thoughts, actions and ideas, as well as clauses and phrases.

Each of the four different types of conjunctions joins different parts of a sentence together.

The four types of conjunctions are:

Coordinating conjunctions like "and," "nor," or "so" link equal parts of a sentence, be it words, phrases, or independent clauses. 

• He was late for school, so he took a shortcut.

Subordinating conjunctions such as "because", "since" and "after" link a dependent clause to an independent clause, helping to show the relationship between the two clauses and emphasize the main idea of the freestanding/independent clause. 

• Because it was raining, we had to cancel the class picnic.

Correlative conjunctions work in pairs to join together words or phrases that have equal importance within a sentence, like "either/or", "such/that" and "not only/but also". 

• You can have either chocolate or vanilla ice cream.

Conjunctive adverbs are like a coordinating conjunction, they both connect independent clauses. 

• Rachel went shopping on Saturday afternoon; however, she was not able to find what she was wanting to buy for her birthday.