(La bandera és vermella i groga.)
Els connectors més freqüents són and, but, so i because, p. ex.:
| The flag is red and yellow. (La bandera és vermella i groga.) |
| Tom got up and went to the bathroom. (En Tom es va aixecar i va anar al bany.) |
| Mary heard a noise but didn't move. (La Mary va sentir un soroll però no es va bellugar.) |
| It was raining so we didn't go out. (Plovia i per tant no vam sortir.) |
| We didn't go out because it was raining. (No vam sortir perquè plovia.) |
Observeu que but correspon a però i també a sinó, p. ex.:
| They didn't come on Tuesday, but on Thursday. (No van venir dimarts sinó dijous.) |
 | Vegeu Expressions of time sequence. |