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 a adverbial clause?
A subordinate clause that functions as an adverb in a sentence.
What are the 3 types of Subordinate Clauses?
- Adverbial
- Relative
- Noun Clauses
What are the two types of clauses?
Independent and Subordinate
What do Adverbial Clauses begin with?
A subordinating conjunction.
What are some Subordinating Conjunctions?
- After
- Even
- So that
- When
What kind of subordinate clause is “because they had won their first game of the season”
Adverbial Clause
What kind of subordinate clause is “ if he earns at least a B in Geometry”
Adverbial Clause
What kind of subordinate clause is, “the man whom you are looking for does not live here”
Relative Clause
“we stood on top of the mountain that had seemed so difficult to climb at first”
Relative Clause
“that Quinton decided to study engineering”
Noun Clause
