Conjunctions
(Surfing Or Stargazing?)

Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, so it has great waves for surfing!

We use link words (conjunctions) to join sentences. The conjunction so means as a result.

Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean...

...so...

...it has great waves for surfing.

There aren't a lot of people in Ireland, so it's a great place to look at the stars at night.

Because means the reason for something.

We can also put because at the beginning of a sentence.

Because he's a good surfer, Rory wants to go on a surfing holiday.

I want to try the big waves in Sligo because I’m a pretty good surfer now!

Rory loves surfing and he wants to go on a surfing holiday.

I tried last year Rory, but I can’t stand up on the board.

Don’t worry! You just need more practice!

Rory really wants to go surfing but Mac doesn’t.

We could go surfing... or we could go star gazing!

So, where will we go? Will we go to Sligo or will we go to Mayo?

Mac wants to go stargazing.

What? Where? I can’t see a thing!

Rory doesn’t like stargazing because he finds it very boring.

You can’t see anything because you’re looking through the binoculars the wrong way!

Mac, looking up at the sky in the middle of the night is really boring so I don’t want to go stargazing.

Well, I don’t want to go surfing so can we find a compromise?

Luckily, Mayo has really good surfing waves...

MAC! DID YOU SEE ME RIDING THAT BIG WAVE?

Oh yes, you were fantastic!

... and a Dark Sky Reserve!

Rory, quick, come out! HAVE A LOOK AT THIS!!!

Yeah...in a minute!

wave

compromise: when you agree to something which is not exactly what you want so that you get an agreement
dark sky reserve: a dark place with no city lights where it's easy to see stars
holiday (UK English) vacation (US English)

surf board

Sligo

Mayo

binoculars

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