Grammar review 3 Complex sentence Sentence contains one independent clause and onE or more dependent clauses What is a complex sentence Adverbial clauses Adjective clauses Noun clauses ID: 195334
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COMPLEX SENTENCES
Grammar review #3Slide2
Complex sentence =
Sentence contains one independent clause and
onE or more dependent clauses
What is a complex sentence?Slide3
Adverbial clauses
Adjective clauses
Noun clauses
TYPES OF DEPENDENT CLAUSESSlide4
ADVERBIAL CLAUSE
=
MODIFIES A VERB, ADJECTIVE, OR ADVERB
TELLS WHEN, WHERE, HOW, WHY, OR TO WHAT EXTENT OR DEGREE
ADVERBIAL CLAUSESSlide5
ADVERBIAL CLAUSE INTRODUCED BY…
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
AFTER
AS THOUGH
SINCE
WHEN
ALTHOUGH
BECAUSE
SO THAT
WHENEVER
AS
BEFORE
THAN
WHERE
AS IF
IF
THOUGH
WHEREVER
AS LONG AS
IN ORDER THAT
UNLESS
WHILE
AS SOON AS
PROVIDED
THAT
UNTILSlide6
TELLS…
WHEN
WHERE
HOW
WHY
TO WHAT EXTENT/DEGREE
WHEN
The musicians arrived
before we left
.
WHERE
The band practiced
wherever they could find space
.
HOW
The music sounded
as if the instruments were well tuned
.
WHY
They worked hard
because they wanted the Rose Bowl invitation
.
TO WHAT EXTENT/DEGREE
We stayed and listened
as long as we could
.Slide7
Some subordinating conjunctions are also used as prepositions. They are subordinating conjunctions
only
when they are used to introduce a clause!!!!
CAUTION!!!!!!
Preposition: We will stay
until 9 o’clock
. (PHRASE)
Conjunction: We will stay
until he arrives
. (CLAUSE)Slide8
Sometimes in an adverbial clause the subject and verb are understood and not stated
NOTE!!!!!!
EXAMPLE: He behaved
as if crazed
.
- How?
As if he were crazed
EXAMPLE: I was unaware of time
while sewing
.
- When?
While I was sewingSlide9
COMPLEX SENTENCES & COMMAS
USE A COMMA AFTER AN
INTRODUCTORY DEPENDENT CLAUSE
(COMMA SHOWS THAT NATURAL ORDER OF SENTENCE HAS BEEN CHANGED)Slide10
TELLS…
WHEN
WHERE
HOW
WHY
TO WHAT EXTENT/DEGREE
WHEN
The musicians arrived
before we left
.
Before we left
, the musicians arrived.
WHERE
The band practiced
wherever they could find space
.
Wherever they could find space
, the band practiced.
HOW
The music sounded
as if the instruments were well tuned
.
As
if the
instruments were well tuned
, the music sounded.
WHY
They worked hard
because they wanted the Rose Bowl invitation
.
Because they wanted the Rose Bowl invitation
, they worked hard.
TO WHAT EXTENT/DEGREE
We stayed and listened
as long as we could
.
As long as we could
, we stayed and listened.