Clauses Flashcards
What is a clause?
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb
What is an independent clause?
A Clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence
What is a noun clause?
A subordinate clause used as a noun in a sentence
What is a relative clause?
A subordinate clause that functions as an adjective modifying a noun in a sentence
What is a subordinate clause?
A clause that does not form a complete sentence but functions as one part of the sentence
What is an adverbial clause?
A subordinate clause that functions as an adverb in a sentence.
What are the three types of subordinate clauses?
Adverbial, noun, and relative
What are the two types of clauses?
Independant, and subordinate
What do adverbial clauses begin with?
Adverbial clauses begin with subordinating conjunctions
What are some subordinating conjunctions?
After Although As if As long as As much as As soon as Because Before Even if Even though In order that Provided (that) Since So that Than Though Unless Until When Whenever Where
What type of subordinate clause is: Before she went to bed, Kate wrote herself a reminder on a sticky note.
Adverbial
What type of subordinate clause is: The man whom you are looking for does not live here
Relative
What type of subordinate clause is: That Quinton decided to study engineering surprised his parents.
Noun
What type of subordinate clause is: The team rejoiced because they had won their first game of the season
Adverbial
What type of subordinate is: We stood on top of the mountain that had seemed so difficult to climb at first.
Relative
