Helps to combine a dependent clause to an independent clause Dependent clause incomplete thought After the game Independent clause complete thought subject predicate doesnt need more info ID: 414613
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Subordinating Conjunctions
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Helps to combine a dependent clause to an independent clause.
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Dependent clause – incomplete thought
After the game
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Independent clause – complete thought (subject, predicate, doesn’t need more info)
we went to Subway to eat.
After the game, we went to Subway to eat.Slide2
Subordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions help to create complex sentences.Slide3
Subordinating Conjunctions
Here is an easy tool to use when trying to think of subordinating conjunctions:
A - as U - unless
A - although B - because
A - after B - before
W - while I - if
W - when S - sinceSlide4
Subordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions help to answer the question
“Then what?”
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As the day ended, - - then what?
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After the game was over, - - then what?
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Since the dog ran away, - - then what?Slide5
Subordinating Conjunctions
IMPORTANT: There is a comma between the subordinating conjunction (dependent clause/AAAWWUBBISS phrase) & the independent clause
Although he studied until midnight
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he still failed the test.
dependent clause/AAAWWUBBISS phrase
independent clauseSlide6
Subordinating Conjunctions
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If a sentence
begins
with an AAAWWUBBIS word, it signals a comma will be needed.
Example: After we left the park, the wind storm knocked over some of the trees.
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If the AAAWWUBBIS word/phrase is not at the beginning of the sentence you will not need a comma
Example: The wind storm knocked over some trees after we left the park.Slide7
Subordinating Conjunctions
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Formula for a sentence with a subordinating conjunction:
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AAAWWUBBIS phrase
+
comma
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independent clause
=
complete complex sentence
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Before I went to school today
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I ate a nice hearty breakfast.