Conjunctions

Your partner isn’t speaking to you because you forgot your wedding anniversary last week. (so that)

A friend tells you she didn’t get any tickets for the concert you really wanted to go to. (in spite of)

You are tired with the job you’ve got and would like to become a lion tamer. (neither)

This morning you arranged to go out with a friend, but now you want to stay at home. (alternatively)

You’ve fallen in love with your partner’s best friend, but don’t want to lose your partner. (either)

You want to go on a diet, but you love chocolate. (in order to)

You want an unreliable friend to help you get ready for a party your having this evening. (however)

You want to learn a new language and you don’t like grammar. (granted that)

Your partner is planning to swim across the English Channel and you think it’s a bad idea. (not only..., but also)

This morning you borrowed your friends car without asking him. (even though)

Someone asks you to be their boyfriend / girlfriend after only the first date. (considering)

Your mother in law interferes with everything you do. (nevertheless)

Your child prefers hanging out with their friends rather than doing their homework. (to start with)

You and a friend both want to see films the other will hate, but you want to see one together. (given that)

Your best friend has something important to tell her husband which might make him angry. (before)