Clauses
Help me out by…..
• Making sure you have picked up a bell work
paper.
Bell work 1A
A. Mary, who just returned from a cruise,
misses swimming in the Mediterranean sea.
B. I said, “Do you want the boots, the sandals,
or the running shoes?”
C. Hugo Guerrero, sr., is opening a Spanishlanguage bookshop in San Diego.
D. On new Year’s day,my stepmother is taking
us to dinner and a fireworks display.
Bell work
A. The Senior Citizens’ Center is offering a
seminar on exercise, stress, and nutrition.
B. The Pueblo Indian dwellings in the cliffs of
arizona are remarkable.
C. Has any author won the pulitzer, booker, and
nobel prizes?
D. Local guides lead people on the dangerous
climb up mount Everest.
Reminders
• TEST ON FRIDAY. Test will be on CLAUSES and
Sentence Structure.
• Homework- Supplies, Signed Contracts,
Remind 101, & Poll question.
Clauses
• Clause-a group of words with its own subject
and verb.
Independent Clause
• An independent clause can stand alone and
function as a sentence.
• Example
– I love to eat ice cream.
Subordinating Clause
• A subordinate clause cannot stand alone as a
sentence and does not express a complete
thought.
• Example 2:
– When you arrive at the airport in Dallas, call us.
– These wildflowers, which grow only locally, are of
interest to scientists.
– Did you know that he had granted us an
interview?
Keywords
for
Subordinating Clause
Who
Although
Since
When
What
Whom
As
So that
Whenever
Whatever
Whose
As if
Than
where
Why
Which
As long as
though
Whenever
Whoever
That
As soon as
Unless
Whether
Whomever
After
Because
Until
While
if
Practice
• _____1. The fire started because someone did
not smother a campfire.
• _____2. The family that bought our house is
moving in next week.
• _____3. I saw the job advertised in the school
paper and decided to apply for it.
• _____4. Did you know that Dr. Joel is the new
ambassador to Lebanon?
• _____5. We were proud that you conceded
defeat so graciously.
Practice
• _____6. Mr. Kim will buy the store if the bank
lends him the money.
• _____7. According to Mrs. Garza, our math
teacher, the binary system is important to know.
• _____8. Wherever Maggie goes, her poodle Jack
follows.
• _____9. She won the golf match because she
had practiced diligently.
• ____10. Whatever you decide is fine with me.
Group Work
Benjamin Franklin was a man who symbolized the spirit
of early America. Although he was born in Boston,
Franklin moved to Philadelphia as a young an. When
he arrived there, he began working as a printer.
Franklin published Poor Richard’s Almanac, the
publication for which he was most famous. Science
was also an area that fascinated him. His experiments
proved that lightning was a form of electricity. Many of
Franklin’s achievements occurred when he was an old
man. When Franklin was seventy, he attended the
Continental Congress. After the Revolutionary War
started, he served as an ambassador to France. All
Americans recognize that Franklin’s contributions were
important.
Sentence Structure
• Structure refers to the number and types of
clauses in a sentence.
• A simple sentence contains INDEPENDENT
clause and NO SUBORDINATE clauses.
• Example:
• Quick Check! Ray and Joe worked and saved
enough for a trip to Ohio. Is this a simple
sentence? ____________
A COMPOUND sentence contains 2
INDEPENDENT clauses and NO SUBORDINATE
clauses. They may be joined by a comma and
a coordinating conjunction; by a semicolon; or
by a semicolon, a conjunctive adverb, and a
comma.
Coordinating Conjunctions
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•
•
•
•
•
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
Conjunctive Adverbs
Therefore
Meanwhile
Still
Also
Nevertheless
however
A few examples
• A COMPLEX sentence contains INDEPENDENT
clause and AT LEAST 1 SUBORDINATE clause.
• A COMPOUND COMPLEX sentence contains 2
OR MORE INDEPENDENT clauses and AT LEAST
1 SUBORDINATE clause.
Differentiate between the independent and subordinate clauses.
Then classify each sentence as simple, compound, complex, or
compound-complex.
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We chose one way; they chose another. ___________________
They learned a dance with a variety of steps.
___________________
Whenever Angelo gets to school early, he talks to his friends.
___________________
The vibrations from the jet caused the vase to fall and crack.
___________________
The gum stuck to his face; it looked like glue.
___________________
Stuck to his face, the gum looked like glue. ___________________
The gum that stuck to his face looked like glue.
___________________