Complete the teenager's text message to her best friend about a disastrous first date by dragging the correct conjunctions into the blanks.
He was thirty minutes late, and he didn't even apologize! I wanted to leave early, but my mom hadn't arrived to pick me up yet. I am never going out with him again because he is completely oblivious!
He was thirty minutes late, and he didn't even apologize!
We use "and" to add one piece of information to another (usually two negative things in this context).
I wanted to leave early, but my mom hadn't arrived to pick me up yet.
We use "but" to show a contrast between wanting to leave and being unable to do so.
I am never going out with him again because he is completely oblivious!
We use "because" to introduce the reason for her decision.