Use conjunctions in oral and written contexts (target: and, but)

We use but to join two sentences that have different or opposite ideas. But shows a contrast—it connects ideas that do not go together.

Example:

• I like football. I don't like netball.
• I like football, but I don't like netball.

More examples with "but"

• My parents are rich. I am not happy.

• My parents are rich, but I am not happy.

• Maria visits her grandmother on Sunday. Maria does not visit her uncle on Sunday.

• Maria visits her grandmother on Sunday, but she does not visit her uncle on Sunday.

• We go to school on Fridays. We don't go to school on Saturdays.

• We go to school on Fridays, but we don't go on Saturdays.

With "and"

1. Read both sentences.
2. Check if they have the same idea or describe similar things.
3. Combine them using and.

With "but"

1. Read both sentences.
2. Check if they have opposite or different ideas.
3. Combine them using but.
4. Add a comma (,) before but.

Join using "and":

• Juma hunts birds. Juma hunts bats.
• Answer: Juma hunts birds and bats.

Join using "but":

• Juma hunts birds. Juma does not hunt bats.
• Answer: Juma hunts birds, but he does not hunt bats.

When you go to the market with your mother, you can use and and but to describe what you see. For example, "The market has fruits and vegetables, but the prices are high today." This helps you speak and write clearly about everyday life in Tanzania.