Example
ADVERB CLAUSES OF
TIME
Be careful!!
In complex sentences, do not use will
and be going to in the dependent
clause to show future time.
For example:
We will watch a movie after he arrives
Not: We will watch a movie after he
will
arrives.
ADVERB CLAUSES OF
PLACE
ADVERB CLAUSES OF
REASON
Notes:
As and Since are used when the reason is already
known to the listener.
Example:
As it is raining again we will have to
cancel the match.
As and Since-clauses are relatively formal. In
informal style, the same idea can be expressed
with so.
Example:
It is raining again, so we will have to
cancel the match.
Continue..
Because-clause can stand alone. As
and Since-clauses cannot stand alone.
Example:
Why are you looking at
her like
that? Because she
smiled at me.
( Not: As she smiled at me)
( Not: Since she smiled at me.)
If the sentences begins with only if, the subject and verb
of the main clauses are inverted, and no comma is used.
For example: Only if another athlete drops out will BiYun
make the team
Dont confuse even if or even though with even
For example: Even if they win this game, they wont be
the champions.
Even my mother understands the rules of
baseball.