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EnglishGrammar & Punctuationusually ages 10–11

Correlative Conjunctions

Use correlative conjunctions correctly in sentences, pairing words such as either/or, neither/nor, both/and, not only/but also, and whether/or

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When your child wants to say that two things are equally true — like "both cats and dogs make good pets" — do they know to use "both…and" together, rather than just "and" on its own?

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Subordinate clausesages 6–9Correlative conjunctions build on coordination understanding
Correlative Conjunctionsthis skill · ages 10–11
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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 1 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9E4LA06low confidenceYear 4 · Language

understand that complex sentences contain one independent clause and at least one dependent clause typically joined by a subordinating conjunction to create relationships, such as time and causality

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E4LA06low confidenceEnglish · Level 4 · Language strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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