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Complex Sentence
Options 4-5: Adverb
Clauses
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Dependent Clause
• A Dependent Clause contains a Subject and a
Verb, but it does not have a complete
thought; it doesn’t make sense by itself.
• Think about the word “dependent.” If you are
dependent upon others, you need their help.
• A Dependent Clause needs help from or is
dependent upon an Independent Clause.
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• Dependent Clauses can also be called
Subordinate Clauses.
• Dependent Clauses create a Complex
Sentence.
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Because Brush of Truth rocks!
Subject? Brush of Truth
Verb? Rocks
Complete Thought (does it make sense?) –
Absolutely Not!
• If it has a Subject, a Verb, but it does not
make sense by itself, it is a Dependent Clause!
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Options
• The word “options” in this activity means
“choices.”
• The are two “options” or “choices” for
correctly writing complex sentences.
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Complex Sentence: Option 4
Adverb Dependent Clause
• A complex sentence consists of an Independent
Clause and a Dependent Clause.
• Because Brush of Truth lets me choose my
adventures, the plot is different each time.
• Because Brush of Truth lets me choose my
adventures – Dependent Clause: does not make
sense alone.
• the plot is different each time – Independent
Clause: makes sense alone.
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Subordinating Conjunctions
• These Dependent Clauses begin with words
that are called Subordinating Conjunctions.
• Subordinating Conjunctions: since, because,
when, while, if, although, where, until, …
• The Subordinating Conjunctions that start
these clauses help them make sense!
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Adverb Clauses
• The Dependent Clauses that begin with
Subordinating Conjunctions are called Adverb
Clauses.
• There are two types of Adverb Clauses:
Option 4 and Option 5.
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• Option 4 sentences begin with an Adverb
Dependent Clause; this introductory clause is
followed by a COMMA.
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Option 4 Example
• As you turn it over in your hands, your fingers
feel a slight indent. (Option 4)
• As you turn it over in your hands is a
Dependent Clause; it does not make sense
alone because it begins with the
Subordinating Conjunction “AS.” It needs the
Independent Clause your fingers feel a slight
indent so that it will make sense!
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• As you turn it over in your hands begins the
Complex Sentence, so it is an Option 4
sentence!
• Remember that a comma follows the
introductory Dependent Clause.
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Complex Sentence: Option 5
Adverb Dependent Clause
• Again, Adverb Dependent Clauses begin with
subordinating conjunctions.
• Option 5 is opposite from Option 4 because
this sentence ends with the Dependent
Clause.
• Since it ends with the Dependent Clause,
there is no comma!
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• As you turn it over in your hands, your fingers
feel a slight indent. (Option 4)
• Your fingers feel a slight indent as you turn it
over in your hands. (Option 5) (No Comma!)
• Just FLIP an Option 4 sentence’s clauses and
remove the comma, and you will have an
Option 5 sentence!
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Smarty Practice
• Change the following Option 4 sentences to
Option 5 sentences; remember there is no
comma when you FLIP the clauses!
• Because you have bravely volunteered to help
find the opal ring, you will be protected by The
Kingdom of the Deep.
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• As your light grazes the headstones, you begin
to see the names carved in the rugged gray
surfaces.
• When it reaches its pincers up first, you act.
• Before you can protest, Hawaiian shirt has
bent over and scooped up the box.
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