Clauses Flashcards
What is a clause?
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb.
What is an independent clause?
Can stand alone as a complete sentence
What is a subordinate clause?
Cannot be a complete sentence by itself, functions as part of a sentence.
What is a noun clause?
A subordinate clause used as a noun in a sentence, can function as a subject, direct/indirect object, an object of a preposition.
What is a relative clause?
Subordinate Clause that functions as an adjective modifying a noun in a 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?
Noun, Relative, and Adverbial
What are the two types of clauses?
Subordinate and independent.
What do Adverbial Clauses begin with?
Adverbial conjunctions 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 Kind of Subordinate Clause is “Before she went to bed, Kate wrote herself a reminder on a sticky note “?
Adverbial, tells when Kate wrote the reminder.
What kind of Subordinate clause is “The team rejoiced because they had won their first game of the season.”?
Adverbial, tells why the team rejoiced.
“After she ate dinner, Sally put her clothes away” is an example of which subordinate clause?
Adverbial
“He waited for his mom to pick him up until the sun went down” is an example of which subordinate clause?
Adverbial
What kind of subordinate clause is “The man whom you are looking for does not live here”?
Relative, describes “man”
