Clauses Flashcards
What is a clause?
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb
What is a 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?
Adjective, Adverb, and Noun
What are the two types of clauses?
Independent clause, Subordinate clause
What do Adverbial Clauses begin with?
It begins with a subordinating conjunction
What are some Subordinating Conjunctions?
When, before, after,
What type of subordinate clause is “Before she went to bed, Kate wrote herself a reminder on a sticky note.”
Adverbial clause
What type of subordinating clause is “Linus’s parents promised to take him to an amusement park this summer if he earns at least a B in Geometry”
Adverbial clause
What type of subordinating clause is “The man whom you are looking for does not live here”
Relative clause
What type of subordinating clause is “We stood on top of the mountain that had seemed so difficult to climb at first.”
Relative clause
What type of subordinating clause is “That Quinton decided to study engineering surprised his parents.”
Noun clause
