Joining Words with 'And'
Join words and clauses using the conjunction 'and' to create longer sentences
What a learner can do afterwards
- Combine two simple sentences using 'and' (e.g. 'I like cats and dogs')
- Join two related clauses with 'and' (e.g. 'We went to the park and we played')
- Use 'and' in lists of items within a sentence
1 · Read
You can join two short sentences with the word and. It makes one longer sentence from two short ones.
Try it together
Mia says, I see a bus and I see a train. She joined two ideas with and. You can also join three things: pears and plums and cherries.
Good to know
You can join more than two things too. Say apples and bananas and grapes.
Use and to join words, ideas, or lists together.
2 · Watch
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