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 subordinate clause?
A clause that does not form a complete sentence but functions as one part of the 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 an adverbial clause?
A subordinate clause that functions as an adverb in a sentence.
What are the three types of subordinate clauses?
Adverbial, Relative, and 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, before, even if, though, since, until, unless
“Before she went to bed, Kate wrote herself a reminder on a sticky note.” What kind of subordinate clause is this?
An adverbial clause because it contains the subordinating conjunction “before”.
What kind of subordinate clause is “The team rejoiced because they had won their first game of the season.”
An adverbial clause because it contains the subordinating conjunction “because”.
What kind of subordinate clause is “The man whom you are looking for does not live here”
Relative, because it describes “man”
What kind of subordinate clause is “We stood on top of the mountain that had seemed so difficult to climb at first”
Relative, because it describes “mountain”
What kind of subordinate clause is “That Quinton decided to study engineering surprised his parents”
Noun clause used as the subject of the sentence
