Fix these sentences:
• After chasing the ice cream truck two blocks
Priscilla and I realized we didn’t have any
money.
• Although I fed the cats they still seemed
hungry.
• When I was little I loved to play outside.
• Because he failed his English class his parents
won’t let him go to the movies this weekend.
• If I don’t turn in my paper I will fail the class.
AAAWWUBBIS
The Subordinating Conjunction
AAAWWUBBIS
Comma Causers
AAAWWUBBIS
After
Although
As
When
While
Until
Because
Before
If
Since
• If you start a sentence with an AAAWWUBBIS,
you are almost guaranteed to have a comma in
the sentence.
• The comma does not immediately follow the
AAAWWWUBBIS. You will feel or hear the pause
when you read the sentence – that is where the
comma goes.
• After an AAAWWUBBIS phrase or clause, there
must be a comma followed by an independent
clause.
AAAWWUBBIS
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Fragments
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When I went to the football game
After I got home
Unless he decides to ride with me
Because of the rain
Since I am sick
Complex Sentences
• When I got to the football game, I found my
friend Joseph.
• After I got home, I took a nap.
• Unless he decides to ride with me, I will be
going alone.
• Because of the rain, we could not practice
outside.
• Since I am sick, I won’t be going to school
tomorrow.
Complex Sentences without commas
• I found my friend Joseph when I got to the
football game.
• I took a nap after I got home.
• I will be going alone unless he decides to ride
with me.
• We could not practice outside because of the
rain.
• I won’t be going to school tomorrow since I
am sick.
• In your journal, write 3
sentences of your own
using a comma causer in
each in each sentence.
Use subordinate clauses for…
• Thesis statements
• Thematic statements
• Embedding quotes