Question

Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
They had little money, but they were very content.
A. Very
B. But
C. They
D. Little

Answer 1

Hint: A conjunction is a part of speech used to join two sentences or phrases or clauses to make one sentence. They are used to avoid repetition of information it two sentences by putting them together and condensing them into one sentence.

Complete step by step answer:
If the sentence is divided into two parts – they had very little money; they were content. Meaning that even though they did not have much money, they were satisfied with what they had.
Option A – Very is a word to emphasize a high degree of something. It is not helping to join the sentences. Hence this is not the right answer.
Option B – This word is helping join the two sentences to make one full and meaningful sentence. Hence this is the right answer.
Option C – ‘They’ is a pronoun used for a group of people in third person. This is the subject of the sentence and it is not joining two sentences; hence this is not the right answer.
Option D – This option the degree of something. It is an adjective and is describing how much less and limited money the people mentioned in the sentence have. This is not helping join the sentence either; hence this is not the right answer.

Thus, the correct option is (A)

Note:
It will help to divide sentences and see which word can be omitted. It will make it easy to identify the conjunctions.