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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

degree clause adverbial extent clause degree extent adverbial long sentence clauses complex sounded left band practiced find space worked

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Slide1

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.