This set of worksheets is designed to help students master the use of subordinating conjunctions, focusing on how they connect independent and dependent clauses. Students will learn to select conjunctions that show time, reason or contrast and apply them in a variety of contexts. The activities encourage both recognition and creative application of conjunctions in sentence construction.

How to Complete

1. Section 1: Students use a word bank to complete sentences with appropriate conjunctions.
2. Section 2: They combine sentence pairs into meaningful complex sentences.
3. Section 3: They select the correct conjunction to complete a sentence from multiple choices.
4. Section 4: Finally, students highlight conjunctions in sentences and identify their function by ticking the correct category (time, reason or contrast).

Additional Tips

5. Provide students with examples of conjunctions that signal time (when), reason (because), and contrast (although).
6. When combining sentence pairs, ask students to explain why a particular conjunction fits best.
7. Demonstrate how to highlight conjunctions and determine their function before students begin the last question.

Extension Ideas

8. Conjunction Hunt: Ask students to find subordinating conjunctions in a short text or their independent writing.
9. Create Sentence Challenges: Have students write their own sentence pairs for a partner to combine using conjunctions.

• Sentence Expansion: Provide simple sentences and ask students to add dependent clauses using appropriate conjunctions.

This worksheet set provides scaffolded opportunities for creative sentence construction.

The resource is part of our Year 4 English Unit: Complex Sentences & Conjunctions.