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Connectives Practice Worksheet

Hudson-Mae, Mei and Layla are helping restore a patch of bushland. Connectives join ideas and show time, cause or a condition. Read each task carefully. For writing tasks, answers may vary; check that your connective makes sense.

Spot the connective

Find the word or words that link ideas in each sentence.

1.Hudson-Mae wore gloves because the mulch was prickly. Which connective gives the reason?

2.First, Mei loosened the soil; next, she placed the seedling in the hole. Write both time connectives.

Choose and complete

Select a connective that makes each sentence clear.

3.The team watered the seedlings ___ the soil was dry.

because
unless
then

4.___ the rain stops, Layla will help spread the mulch.

If
Because
First

5.Complete the sentence with a connective that shows what happened next: The children finished planting, they packed away the tools.

Connect ideas

Use connectives to join sentence parts and explain your thinking.

6.Match each sentence beginning to the ending that completes its meaning.

The team planted native grasses
If a seedling looks droopy,
First, Layla filled the watering can;

give it some water.
then she watered the new plants.
because they provide shelter for small animals.

7.Join these ideas using because: Mei picked up litter. She wanted to keep plastic out of the creek.

8.In “When the group heard a bird call, they stopped talking”, which connective tells when the group stopped?

9.Choose the best connective: The children walked carefully ___ they did not squash the seedlings.

so
after
unless

10.Write two sentences about a bush regeneration day. Use one time connective (such as first, next or after) and one cause connective (such as because or so). Underline both connectives.