Before we continue
Concepts that we need to review first:
Phrases Clauses
Independent Dependent
Conjunctions
Coordinating Subordinating
Phrase
group of words that has neither subject nor predicate
Examples: walking quietly along the corridor to believe everything seen or heard the writings on the wall millions of miles apart beyond the seven seas
Clauses
A dependent clause has a subject and predicate but do not express a complete thought. Examples: during the Japanese occupation while she was crying
Clauses
An independent clause consists of a subject and a predicate and has a complete thought. A sentence is an independent clause. Examples: My favorite dish is adobo with rice. The festival lasted for months.
Conjunctions
Coordinating conjunction (called coordinators) joins words, phrases (which are similar in importance and grammatical structure) or independent clauses. Examples: and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet
Conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions subordinators) join subordinate (dependent clause) to main (independent clause). Examples: although, because, if, before, how, since, until, when, where, whether, after, as soon as, even if (called clause clause
once, while,
8. While the sun shone, they stayed on the beach. 9. I went into town, and then drove to Manchester airport. 10. All of a sudden, in the middle of the match, the phone rang. 11. The girl had a blister on her heel. 12. The panda ate loads of bamboo shoots. 13. Caravans were parked all the way along the coast. 14. When the branch snapped, Matt fell out of the tree and broke his arm. 15. Elephants, which are large mammals, are bigger than snails.