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and, or, but, so, because

Οι σύνδεσμοι χρησιμοποιούνται για να συνδέσουμε δύο προτάσεις σε μία μεγάλη περίοδο:

• I play tennis and I swim.
• You can go to the cinema, or you can visit your aunt.
• Ana loves oranges, but she hates pears.
• It was raining, so I took an umbrella.
• Peter is crying because he has failed his exams.

Το "and" (=και) χρησιμοποιείται για να προσθέσουμε αντικείμενα σε μια λίστα:

• She bought apples and bananas.

Το "or" (=ή) χρησιμοποιείται για να μιλήσουμε για επιλογές:

• You can have the blue pen or the red pen.

Το "but" (=αλλά) χρησιμοποιείται για να δείξουμε αντίθεση:

• I speak French but I’ve never been to France.

Το "so" (=έτσι) δίνει το αποτέλεσμα από κάτι:

• Peter didn’t study, so he failed his exams.

Το "because" (=επειδή) δίνει την αιτία για κάτι:

• I got wet because I didn’t take an umbrella.

Περισσότερα παραδείγματα

• On Saturdays, we usually visit the zoo and on Sundays, we go to the park.
• I bought a skirt, some shoes and a jacket.
• We can have a holiday, or we can save our money.
• Can we have a picnic, or is the weather too bad?
• I’d like to go, but I don’t have any money.
• Tom ran, but he missed the bus.
• I was unhappy, so I ate some chocolate.
• I forgot the sun cream, so I got burnt.
• I got into university because I studied hard.
• I won’t buy a bicycle because I don't like cycling.

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Συνήθως βάζουμε κόμμα πριν το "or", το "but" και το "so".

Με μια μεγάλη λίστα χρησιμοποιούμε κόμμα και βάζουμε το "and" πριν το τελευταίο αντικείμενο:

• He studies maths, science, French and drama.

Μπορούμε να βάλουμε το "because" στην αρχή μιας πρότασης:

• Because I don’t like cycling, I won't buy a bicycle.

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Practice

Συμπλήρωσε τις προτάσεις με το σωστό σύνδεσμο.
.

1)

I'm very good at sport,    I'm terrible at maths.

 

2)

The movie was bad,    I left the cinema.

 

3)

At university, he studied physics    chemistry.

 

4)

Mick can't drive, so he can take the train,    he can take the bus.

 

5)

Shelly didn't buy the car    she didn't have enough money.

 

Please submit the missing answers shown in red
 

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Περισσότερη εξάσκηση

Συμπλήρωσε τις προτάσεις με τη σωστή απάντηση από το a, b, c ή d:
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1)

While my father was in Agra, he decided to visit the Taj Mahal ____ the Agra Fort.
 

so

and

because

but

 

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2)

I wasn't invited to the party, ____ I didn't mind.
 

so

because

or

but

 

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3)

____ she was tired, she went to bed early.
 

Because

But

Or

So

 

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4)

Would you like to go to a restaurant, ____ shall I make something?
 

and

or

because

so

 

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5)

She couldn't hear him, ____ he turned the television off.
 

but

so

or

because

 

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6)

I finished the report late ____ my computer broke whilst I was writing it.
 

because

or

but

so

 

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Please submit the missing answers shown in red
 

Submit