2. Dependent Clause
Dependent Clause
A subordinate or dependent clause does not express
a complete thought and cannot stand by itself as a
complete sentence
because his tooth hurt
(it doesn't express a complete thought, so it is a
subordinate clause)
3. Adverb Clause
Adverb Clause
One type of subordinate clause is adverb clause. like
adverbs, adverb clauses describe verb, an adjective, or an
adverb. adverb clauses answer the following questions:
1.How?
2.When?
3.Where?
4.Why?
5.To what extent?
6.How much?
7.How long?
8.Under what conditions?
5. Identify Adverb Clause
Identify Adverb Clause
To find an adverb clause, look for the following things
in a sentence. if you can answer yes to the all the
questions below, you have probably found an adverb
clause.
1.Can you find a connecting word (such as after,
because, or than)
2.Do a subject and its verb follow the connecting
word?
3.Does the group of words contain a connecting
word, a subject, and its verb?
4.Does the word group decribe a verb, and adjective,
or an adverb?
6. Position?
Position?
Adverb clauses may be placed in various positions in
sentences. when an adverb clauses comes at the
beginning of a sentence, it is usually following by a
comma.
There are two possible structure :
1. Adverb + Subject + Verb (,) Subject + Verb
2. Subject + verb (no punctuation ) adverb + subject +
verb
7. Adverb Clause – Time
Adverb Clause – Time
Connection
Connection
1. After :
•After present, future
•After past perfect, past
2. Before
•Future before present
•Past perfect before past
8. Example
Example
1. Katy knocked on the door until someone opened
it
2. I laughed more loudly than I had intended
The adverb clause describes the verb knocked. This
clause tells how long Katy knocked. The word until
begins the adverb clause and connects it to the
rest of the sentence
9. Identity the adverb.
Identity the adverb.
1. After Tim saved fifty dollars, he put it in the bank.
2. The VCR will not work if we hook up the cords incorrectly.
3. The crowd stood for the national anthem before the football game
began.
4. As long as they are quiet, the children can watch the movie with us.
5. There were muddy footprints wherever Natalie had walked.
6. The delicate hummingbird flapped its wings as it flew near the flowers.
7. Because Maria like comic book, she has a large comic-book collection.
8. Pumpkin seeds are tastier if you toast them.
9. When the river flowed through this area, the water created this valley.
10. Because Willish has studied the fifty states, he knows special facts about
each one.
11. If Megan runs in the race this weekend, will she finish in first place?
12. The ground was gray and slushy where a field of snow had not melted
yet.
