English-2
Grade-8
Easy
Question
Read the following sentence and find out which type of conjunction the underlined ones are.
He was dismissed from the company, ______ he committed fraud.
- For
- Than
- But
- None of the above
Hint:
Conjunction is word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g., and, but, if).
The correct answer is: For
Coordinating conjunction which gives equal importance to the words or sentences that it connects. There are seven coordinating conjunctions: but, or, so, and, yet, for, nor. 'For' explains 'why'. So, 'he was dismissed from the company, for he committed fraud', here 'for' used as a reason for something.
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