Communications Class - Subordinating Clauses

SUBORDINTATING CLAUSES

 

A subordinating (dependent) clause is a group of words with a subject and verb, but does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence.

 

 

ADJECTIVE CLAUSE:               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NEAzGvVjY4

 

                                                It is a subordinating clause that acts as an adjective. It modifies a

                                                noun or a pronoun.

 

 

NOUN CLAUSE:                       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcYJ77H9Xow

 

                                                It is a subordinating clause that acts as a noun. It may act as the

                                                subject, the direct object, an indirect object, a predicate noun, or

                                                an object of a preposition.

 

 

ADVERB CLAUSE:                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWu9duAZs5o

 

                                                It is a subordinating clause that acts as an adverb. It modifies a

                                                verb, an adjective, or an adverb.

 

 

                                                        Classifying Adverb Clauses

 

Adverb clause           Adverb clause           Adverb clause           Adverb clause          Adverb clause

      of time                      of place                   of reason                 of condition              of contrast

 

after                          anywhere                   as                                  even if                         although

as soon as                where                         because                        if                                   even though

before                       everywhere               now that                      only if                          though

by the time              wherever                   since                              unless                         whereas

once                                                                                                      in case                        while

since                        

till/until

when/while

whenever