Zainab as well as her friends has decided to attend the conference. Here, 'as well as' is a-

- A conjunctional phrase works as a conjunction in the sentence.
- কোন শব্দগুচ্ছ যদি একটিমাত্র Conjunction এর মত কাজ করে তাহলে তাকে Conjunctional Phrase বলে। যেমন- as well as, as soon as, as far as, along with, as much as etc.

Example:
- As soon as you got in, he went out.
- John started working early in order that he could finish early