Question

Read the excerpt. As my cheerleading squad and I began to stretch, the pep band started to play one of its familiar, energizing songs. Identify the subordinating conjunction in the excerpt from “An Autumn Memory” by Cheryl Boudreau. and
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Answer 1

As

As is the subordinating conjunction. It transitions between the two main ideas in the sentence. The first main idea is the squad and speaker stretching. The second idea is the pep band playing. Subordinating conjunctions often tell you time. In this case, as tells you that the stretching is happening at the same time the band starts to play.