IXL | Use subordinating conjunctions | 2nd grade language arts

Complete the text with the better word.

Kate

baked the pizza in the oven

because

it was done.

because

until

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Complete the text with the better word.

We will play outside

until

it gets too dark to see.

until

Subordinating conjunctions show how ideas go together.

Use after, before, until, and while to tell when something happens.

After I eat my dinner, I will make cookies.

Let's get popcorn before the movie starts.

Tom finished cooking while Mary was on the phone.

Jim played basketball until it got dark.

Use because to give a reason.

Dad is hungry because he hasn't eaten all day.

Use if to show what might happen or what might be true.

We can't play outside if it rains.

If you like chocolate, you will love this cake.

Use even though to show that things are different, opposite, or surprising.

Even though I am short, my sister is tall.

Until makes the most sense here. It tells when something happens.

We will play outside until it gets too dark to see.

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