Transcript Complex sentences

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have both an independent
clause and a dependent
clause.
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“But WAIT!” demanded the
puzzled student. “What’s a
clause?”
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“Are you talking about Santa?”
asked another puzzled student
(one who had apparently been
absent for the past three
weeks).
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“What a wonderful question,” replies
the incredibly patient teacher, who
knew she’d mentioned this a thousand
times, but was more than happy to
teach her students again!
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“A clause is a group of words that contains both a
subject and its verb,” she said kindly and
compassionately.
She continued by saying, “Some clauses are
independent and can stand alone, but some clauses
are dependent and must be attached to an
independent clause.”
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“Picture the independent clause to
be the mother and the dependent
clause as the baby,” the incredibly
kind, patient, and compassionate
teacher continued.
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“You see, precious students, the baby
clause has some word in front of it that
makes it dependent upon the mother.
Let’s think of that word as THE STROLLER,
which makes the baby clause dependent
upon its mother.”
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“What kind of word, teacher?” asked a curious student who truly wanted to
learn!
“Well, sometimes that word is called a subordinating conjunction, and
sometimes that word is just connecting the subject/verb to the independent
clause – to it’s mommy.” The teacher was patient as always when she went
on to say, “Let’s look in the grammar section of our portfolios to take another
look at those words. Here are a few:”
Subordinating Conjunctions
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•A: after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as, as soon as, as though
•B: because, before, by the time
•E: even if, even though
•I: if, in order that, in case
•L: lest
•O: once, only if
TIME
CAUSE +
•P: provided that
EFFECT
•S: since, so that
after
because
before
since
•T: than, that, though, till
when
now that
•U: unless, until
•W: when, whenever, where, wherever, while
while
as
since
until
OPPOSITION CONDITION
although
though
even
though
whereas
in order that while
so
if
unless
only if
whether or
not
even if
in case
(that)
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“Here are some pronouns that often connect a dependent clause to its
independent clause. Remember, boys and girls, that sometimes these
pronouns not only connect the two clauses, but they sometimes are the
subject of the dependent clause’s verb.”
who, whom, whose, which, and that
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• Oh, dear, thought the teacher to herself. My students appear to be
confused again. Perhaps we should try creating a few complex sentences.
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Clause
Subordinating Conj.
Clause
The dog barks
because
the cat meowed.
The cat meowed
when
the dog barked.
The students worked diligently
as
the teacher walked around the room.
while
the students worked diligently.
The teacher showed them an
exercise
that
gave away all the answers.
The students appreciated their
amazing teacher
who
shared her wisdom.
The teacher walked around the room
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“Are you able to see which column contains the
dependent clauses? Are you able to recognize how
the subordinating conjunction changes the
subject/verb combination to a dependent one?”
asked the beautiful teacher, whose hair had turned
gray from years of working with students who
appreciate her efforts and hard work.
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“Let’s look at an exercise in our grammar book
and work with independent and dependent
clauses, children,” said the tenacious teacher.
“Hopefully, after today, you will be able to earn
lots of extra credit points, which will make me
feel like this . . . . .”
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