LINKING WORDS Join the sentences Use and, because or but Join the sentences Use and, but or or I like football I don’t like basketball I play volleyball I play basketball I like football but I don’t like basketball I play volleyball and basketball Many children come home at five o’clock They I’ve got a cat I haven’t got a dog watch TV until late Are you left-handed? Are you right-handed? I can’t ride a horse I’d love to learn I can’t speak Italian I can speak Spanish Lots of children like the Harry Potter books They’re funny and exciting My friend enjoys watching TV He enjoys listening to music I like Sylvia She’s always happy Is she married? Is she single? Our Maths teacher runs five miles before breakfast He goes swimming every evening My father likes playing tennis He doesn’t enjoy watching it My new school’s OK The food isn’t very good Re-write the sentences with because or so I stayed at home because I was tired I was tired, so I stayed at home Complete the same sentence in different ways: I was late for work… Use because or so and the words in the box He had a stomach ache because he had eaten my car broke down too much ice cream I hurried I took a taxi We’ve lost the tickets, so we can’t go to the my alarm clock didn’t go off I overslept concert I didn’t have time for breakfast I didn’t buy that book because I didn’t have enough money She took a taxi because she was late I went to bed late last night, so I couldn’t get up in the morning Sarah is hungry because she didn’t have breakfast I was late for work because my car broke down