Question

Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
He refused to do his own homework because he thought he would not be able to do it.
A. He
B. Would
C. Because
D. Do

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 in two sentences by putting them together and condensing them into one sentence.

Complete step by step answer:
Option A – He: this is a pronoun. It is used in the place of a noun; when the noun is mentioned too many times, a pronoun is used to avoid repetition. This is not helping join two sentences and nor is it a conjunction. Hence this is not the right option.
Option B – Would: this is an auxiliary verb which means it helps understand how the verb is being performed. This is not a conjunction; hence this is not the right option.
Option C – Because: when this word is removed, the given sentence can be divided into two separate and meaningful sentences. Hence word is helping join the two sentences which makes it a conjunction. This is the right option.
Option D – Do: this is a verb which specifies an action of doing his homework. This is not a conjunction hence this is not the right option.

So, the correct answer is “Option C”.

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